宏智禪師廣錄 4.50

4.50

上堂僧問。夾山道。猿抱子歸青嶂後。鳥㘅華落碧巖前。法眼云。我三十年作境語會。不作境語會。又作麼生。師云。缺月墮疎林。白雲抱幽石。進云。向去不存功。却來還得妙。師云。垛根漢又恁麼去也。進云。不恁麼去時如何。師云。一溪春水夾華流。進云。只如浮山道。犀因翫月紋生角。象被雷驚華入牙。又且如何。師云。儞又向胡餅上壓汁。僧禮拜。師乃云。柳線垂金鶯語滑。華棚張錦蝶飛忙。見聞裏許通消息。誰得先生點鐵方。遂拈拄杖示眾云。還見麼。復卓一下云。還聞麼。去却蘆頭。斤兩等分。

Ascending the hall, a monk asked: "Jiashan said, 'The ape cradles its young behind the green precipice; the bird clutches a flower and drops it before the azure cliff.' Fayan said, 'For thirty years I understood this as words of objective scenery.' If one does not understand it as words of objective scenery, what is it?"
The Master said: "The waning moon drops through the sparse woods; white clouds embrace the secluded rock."
[The monk] asked: "Going forward, no effort is retained; turning back, wondrousness is gained."
The Master said: "You fellow tied to the stake have gone off like that again!"
[The monk] asked: "What about when not going off like that?"
The Master said: "A stream of spring water flows between flowers."
[The monk] asked: "Just as Fushan said, 'The rhinoceros gazes at the moon and patterns form on its horn; the elephant is startled by thunder and flowers emerge on its tusks.' What about this?"
The Master said: "You are pressing juice out of a sesame cake again." The monk bowed.
The Master then said: "Willow threads hang golden and orioles chatter smoothly; the flower trellis spreads brocade and butterflies fly busily. Within seeing and hearing, news is conveyed; who has obtained the master's formula for touching iron into gold?" He then held up his staff, showed it to the assembly, and said, "Do you see?" He struck it once and said, "Do you hear? Remove the rush roots; the catties and ounces are weighed equally."