大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.87

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峨嵋山白長老，嘗云：「鄉人雪竇有頒百餘首，其詞意不甚出人，何乃浪得大名於世。」遂作頌千首，以多十倍為勝，自編成集，妄意他日名壓雪竇，到處求人賞音。有大和山主者，遍見當代有道尊宿，得法於法昌遇禪師，出世住大和稱山主，氣吞諸方不妄許可。白携其頌往謁之，求一言之鑑，取信後學。大和見乃唾云：「此頌如人患鵶臭當風立地，其氣不可聞。」自是白不敢出似人。後黃魯直聞之，到成都大慈寺，大書於壁云：「峨嵋白長老，千頌自成集，大和曾有言，鵶臭當風立。」

Senior Monk Bai of Mount Emei once said, “My fellow countryman Xuedou has over a hundred verses of praise, but their wording and meaning do not particularly surpass others; why should he have gained such great fame in the world in vain?” He then composed a thousand verses of praise, taking a tenfold quantity as superior, compiled them into a collection of his own, and fancied that one day his fame would overshadow Xuedou's, seeking everywhere for someone who appreciated his tune. There was Mountain Master Dahe, who had met all the venerable elders of the way in his generation and had obtained the Dharma from Chan Master Fachang Yu. Assuming abbacy to reside at Dahe, he was called Mountain Master; his spirit swallowed all quarters, and he did not lightly give his approval. Bai brought his verses of praise to visit him, seeking a word of appraisal to win the trust of later students. When Dahe saw them, he spat and said, “These verses are like a person suffering from body odor standing directly in the wind; the stench is unbearable.” From then on, Bai did not dare show them to anyone. Later, Huang Luzhi heard of it, and upon arriving at Daci Monastery in Chengdu, wrote in large characters on the wall: “Senior Monk Bai of Mount Emei, / A thousand verses compiled into a collection of his own; / Dahe once uttered these words: / ‘Body odor standing directly in the wind.’”