宏智禪師廣錄 1.21

1.21

上堂云。居淨而彌耀。歷變而常如。本光現象外之身。妙應具物中之眼。直得頭頭不滯。物物順真。所以道。旁分帝命為傳持。萬里山河布正威。且作麼生是旁分底事。還會麼。月夜金雞傳曉意。芳衢步步錦雲深。復舉陳尚書訪資福。福見來便畫一圓相。書云。弟子恁麼來。早是不著便。更畫圓相。福便歸方丈閉却門。師云。資福畫圓相。尚書恁麼道。豈不是落他資福棬䙡了也。資福便歸方丈閉却門。豈不是落他尚書棬䙡了也。可謂。一抑一揚。一奪一縱。各出一隻手。提撕此事。且道。是什麼事。巨鼇飲盡滄溟水。留得珊瑚對月明。

Ascending the hall, he said: "Dwelling in purity, it shines all the more; passing through transformations, it is ever as such. The original light manifests the body beyond form; wondrous response possesses the eye amidst phenomena. Directly it comes to pass that thing after thing is unobstructed, and phenomenon after phenomenon accords with truth. Therefore it is said: 'Collaterally dividing the imperial decree to pass on and uphold it; across ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers, its upright authority is deployed.' But what is the affair of collateral division? Do you understand? On a moonlit night, the golden rooster conveys the tidings of dawn; along the fragrant thoroughfare, step by step, the brocade clouds are deep." He then cited: "Minister Chen visited Zifu. When Zifu saw him coming, he immediately drew a circle. The Minister said: 'For this disciple to come like this was already not appropriate; why further draw a circle?' Zifu then returned to the Abbot's room and closed the door." The Master said: "Zifu drew a circle, and the Minister spoke thus—was this not falling into Zifu's snare? Zifu then returned to the Abbot's room and closed the door—was this not falling into the Minister's snare? It may be called: one suppressing and one uplifting, one taking away and one letting go; each put forth a single hand to take up and clarify this affair. But tell me, what affair is it? The giant turtle drinks up all the water of the vast ocean, leaving behind the coral facing the bright moon."