如淨和尚語錄 2.193

2.193

余嚮較正永平語錄并其正法眼藏。二書之中。斑斑有稱先師天童云者。蓋如淨禪師之語也。溫然如天球。樸然似生鐵。只應寶愛。不堪咬嚼。因欲見全錄也尚矣。今茲之夏。禪山上座。携其錄兩本來。先出一本云。是某師父。雲龍義林。老人久所貯也。又出一本云。是某同參所持。而渠自云。其師遍歷之日。親以唐本寫之。今偶得兩本。實較讎時到。願師合正梓流之。余欣然接取。拜而誦之。鏗鏗法曲。殷殷雅音。洋洋乎悅心聞。譬如乾闥婆王彈瑠璃琴。須彌𨁝跳。大海洶涌。草木叢林。盡發絃聲。金色頭陀。不覺起作舞。再展兩本。沈思點對。寫手不同。互有得失。不可不正。乃分水乳於結角羅紋之處。揀金沙於刀刁參差之際。加倭點著旁訓。間考事跡。細書其上。意在為初學也。兩次涉月始得脫手。禪山歡喜。不止自辨紙筆。辛苦繕寫。直付印生。以令刊行。其為法用心。可謂勤矣。於是重撿永平所稱者。十而得四五。方知錄外猶多而未全收也。昔瑞岩遠公。拔取永平廣錄。輯為一卷。作之跋云。得百千之十一。抑此亦天童之十一歟。想必有廣錄在。只願後賢勤搜羅之。

Formerly, when I collated the Recorded Sayings of Eihei together with his Treasury of the True Dharma Eye, throughout the two works, there were frequent references to 'my late master Tiantong,' which were the words of Chan Master Rujing. Mild as celestial jade, rugged like pig iron, they should only be treasured and loved, not chewed upon. Consequently, my wish to see the complete record had long been cherished. In the summer of this year, Senior Monk Chanshan brought two copies of his record. First producing one copy, he said: 'This is what my master, the old man Yunlong Yilin, preserved for a long time.' Then producing another copy, he said: 'This was held by my fellow practitioner, and he himself stated that during the days his master traveled widely, he personally transcribed it from a Tang [Chinese] manuscript. Now, having obtained two copies by chance, the time for collation has truly arrived; I pray that you, Master, will combine and correct them, and carve them for circulation.' Joyfully I received them, bowed, and chanted them: clanging dharma melodies, deep and elegant tones, vast and pleasing to the mind's ear! Just like the gandharva king playing a lapis lazuli lute: Sumeru leaps, the great ocean surges, and grasses, trees, and forests all emit the sounds of strings; the Golden Ascetic, without realizing it, rises and dances. Unfolding the two copies again, reflecting deeply and checking character by character, the copyists differed and each had strengths and weaknesses, so they could not be left uncorrected. Thereupon I separated water and milk at the knotted corners and complicated weave; picked out gold dust amidst uneven knives and twists; added Japanese marks and side glosses; and occasionally investigated deeds and events, writing them in fine script above—aiming to help beginners. Only after crossing into a second month was it completed. Chanshan's joy was unbounded: not only did he personally provide paper and brushes and painstakingly transcribe it, he directly delivered it to the printers for publication. His dedication to the Dharma may truly be called diligent! Thereupon, checking again the passages cited by Eihei, I found four or five out of ten; only then did I know that outside this record there is still much that has not been fully gathered. Formerly, Venerable Yuan of Ruiyan excerpted Eihei's Extensive Record, compiled it into one fascicle, and wrote an afterword saying he had obtained one-tenth of a hundred thousand; perhaps this too is but one-tenth of Tiantong? Surely there must be an Extensive Record existing; I only hope future worthy ones will diligently seek and gather it.