大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.18

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湛堂準和尚，興元府人，真淨之的嗣，分寧雲巖虛席，郡牧命黃龍死心禪師，舉所知者以補其處，死心曰：「準山主住得，某不識他，秖見有洗鉢頌甚好。」郡牧曰：「可得聞乎？」死心舉云：「之乎者也，衲僧鼻孔，大頭向下，若也不會，問取東村王大姐。」郡牧奇之，具禮敦請，準亦不辭。平生律身以約，雖領徒弘法，不易在眾時，晨興後架，秖取小杓湯洗面，復用濯足，其他受用，率皆類此。纔放參罷，方丈行者人力便如路人，掃地煎茶皆躬為之，有古人風度，真後昆良範也。

Reverend Zhantang Zhun, a native of Xingyuan Prefecture, was a direct heir of Zhenjing. When the seat at Yunyan in Fenning fell vacant, the prefect commanded Chan Master Sixin of Huanglong to recommend someone he knew to fill that post. Sixin said: 'Master of the Mountain Zhun can abide there; I do not know him personally, but have only seen that he has a verse on washing the bowls that is very fine.' The prefect asked: 'May I hear it?' Sixin cited it, saying: 'The particles of speech, / The patch-robed monk's nostrils, / The large head turned down— / If you do not understand, / Ask Elder Sister Wang of the eastern village.' The prefect marveled at it and prepared the ritual courtesies to earnestly invite him, and Zhun did not decline. Throughout his life he disciplined himself with frugality; though he led disciples and propagated the Dharma, he did not change how he had been when living among the assembly. Rising at dawn and visiting the rear rack, he took only a small ladle of hot water to wash his face, and then used it again to wash his feet; his other uses were all generally like this. As soon as the evening assembly was dismissed, the attendants and laborers in the abbot's quarters were just like passersby [to him]; sweeping the floor and boiling tea were all done by himself. He possessed the style of the ancients and was truly a fine model for posterity.