宏智禪師廣錄 4.70

4.70

開啟天申節。上堂云。九重尊貴位中人。燦燦星圖拱北辰。活計四時調玉燭。家風萬世運金輪。區分群象布淳化。囊括二儀懷至仁。算數不能窮壽量。南山蒼翠鎮長春。

Inaugurating the Tianshen Festival, he ascended the hall and said: "The person in the position of ninefold imperial nobility, / dazzling like the chart of stars revolving around the Northern Star. / His livelihood harmonizes the jade candle through the four seasons; / his family style turns the golden wheel for myriad generations. / Classifying the multitude of phenomena, he spreads pure transformation; / encompassing the two principles [of heaven and earth], he harbors supreme benevolence. / Calculation cannot exhaust his lifespan; / the verdant southern mountains eternally guard perpetual spring."