虛堂和尚語錄 10.89

10.89

宋有名衲，自號蘭溪，一笻高出於岷峨，萬里南詢於吳越，陽山領旨，到頭不識無明；擡脚千鈞，肯踐松源家法。乘桴于海大，行日本國中；淵默雷聲，三董半千雄席，積之歲月，遂成簡編。忍禪久侍雪庭，遠訪四明，鋟梓言不及處，務要正脈流通，用無盡時，切忌望林止渴。

In the Song there was a renowned monk who called himself Lanxi. With a single walking stick rising high above Mounts Min and E, he journeyed ten thousand leagues southward to inquire in the lands of Wu and Yue. At Yangshan he received the seal of mind, yet to the end he did not recognize ignorance; raising his feet weighing a thousand jun, he was willing to practice the family style of Songyuan. Riding a raft upon the great ocean, he traveled widely throughout the land of Japan; with profound silence like rolling thunder, he held three grand seats of five hundred monks. Accumulated over months and years, it became this collection. Chan Practitioner Ren, having long attended the snowy courtyard, came from afar to visit Siming to carve the blocks where words cannot reach, striving to make the correct lineage circulate without end; take care not to gaze at the forest to quench your thirst.