虛堂和尚語錄 3.66

3.66

上堂，舉：「藥山與道吾、雲嵓遊山次，見樹兩株一枯一榮，山乃問：『榮者是？枯者是？』雲嵓云：『榮者是。』山云：『若恁麼，一切處光明燦爛去。』道吾云：『枯者是。』山云：『若如是，則一切處放教枯淡去。』忽高沙彌至，山亦如是問，彌云：『榮者從他榮，枯者從他枯。』山乃顧道吾、雲嵓云：『不是不是。』」師云：「藥山道箇不是不是，減他道吾、雲巖多少威光。」

Ascending the hall, he brought up: "While Yaoshan was touring the mountain with Daowu and Yunyan, he saw two trees, one withered and one flourishing. Yaoshan then asked, 'Is the flourishing one right, or is the withered one right?' Yunyan said, 'The flourishing one is right.' Yaoshan said, 'If so, then everywhere will be dazzling with light.' Daowu said, 'The withered one is right.' Yaoshan said, 'If so, then everywhere will become withered and bleak.' Suddenly Novice Gao arrived, and Yaoshan asked him the same. Novice [Gao] said, 'Let the flourishing one flourish on its own; let the withered one wither on its own.' Yaoshan then looked back at Daowu and Yunyan and said, 'Not right, not right!'" The Master said: "When Yaoshan said 'Not right, not right,' by how much did he diminish the prestige of Daowu and Yunyan?"