佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 1.45

1.45

雪竇若不恁麼慈悲頌出令人見。爭得名善知識。古人如此。一一皆是事不獲已。蓋為後學著他言句。轉生情解。所以不見古人意旨。如今忽有箇出來。掀倒禪床。喝散大眾。怪他不得。雖然如此。也須實到這田地始得。雪竇道。千古無對。他只道。看翠嵒眉毛在麼。有什麼奇特處。便乃千古無對。須知古人吐一言半句出來。不是造次。須是有定乾坤底眼始得。雪竇著一言半句。如金剛王寶劍。如踞地獅子。如擊石火。似閃電光。若不是頂門具眼。爭能見他古人落處。這箇示眾。直得千古無對。過於德山棒臨濟喝。且道雪竇為人意在什麼處。爾且作麼生會他道千古無對。關字相酬。失錢遭罪。這箇意如何。直饒是具透關底眼。到這裏也須子細始得。且道是翠巖失錢遭罪。是雪竇失錢遭罪。是雲門失錢遭罪。爾若透得。許爾具眼。潦倒保福。抑揚難得。抑自己揚古人。且道保福在什麼處是抑。什麼處是揚。嘮嘮翠巖。分明是賊。且道他偷什麼來。雪竇却道是賊。切忌隨他語脈轉却。到這裏須是自有操持始得。白圭無玷。頌翠巖大似白圭相似。更無些瑕翳。誰辨真假。可謂罕有人辨得。雪竇有大才。所以從頭至尾。一串穿却。末後却方道。長慶相諳。眉毛生也。且道。生也在什麼處。急著眼看。

If Xuedou had not chanted it in verse with such compassion to let people see, how could he be called a kalyāṇamitra? For the ancients to act like this, in every case they had no other choice. Because later students cling to their words and phrases, giving rise in turn to emotional interpretations, they therefore do not see the ancient's intended meaning. Nowadays, if someone were suddenly to come forth, overturn the Chan seat, and shout to disperse the great assembly, you could not blame him. Even though it is like this, you must genuinely reach this ground before you can. Xuedou said: 'Matchless through a thousand ages.' He merely said: 'Look, are Cuiyan's eyebrows still there?' What was so extraordinary about it that it is matchless through a thousand ages? You must know that when an ancient spat out a word or half a phrase, it was not done rashly; he had to possess the eye that stabilizes heaven and earth before it would do. When Xuedou penned a word or half a phrase, it was like the diamond king's jeweled sword, like a crouching lion, like spark struck from flint, like a flash of lightning. If one did not possess an eye in the crown of one's head, how could one see where that ancient landed? This instruction to the assembly is truly matchless through a thousand ages, surpassing Deshan's staff and Linji's shout. Tell me: where does Xuedou's intent in helping people lie? And how do you understand his saying, 'Matchless through a thousand ages; responded to with the word "barrier"; losing money and incurring guilt'? What is the meaning of this? Even if you possess the eye that penetrates the barrier, when you reach here, you must also be thorough before it will do. Tell me: is it Cuiyan who loses money and incurs guilt, is it Xuedou who loses money and incurs guilt, or is it Yunmen who loses money and incurs guilt? If you can penetrate this, I grant that you possess the eye. 'Disheveled Baofu, repressing and exalting, he is hard to come by'—repressing himself and exalting the ancient. Tell me: where is Baofu repressing, and where is he exalting? 'Chattering Cuiyan, clearly he is a thief'—tell me, what did he steal? Yet Xuedou said he is a thief. Strictly avoid turning along with the pulse of his words! When you reach here, you must have your own command before you can. 'The white jade has no flaw'—eulogizing Cuiyan as very much like flawless white jade, without the slightest blemish. 'Who can tell the real from the fake?'—it can be said that rarely is there anyone who can distinguish it. Xuedou had great talent, so from beginning to end he strung them all together on a single cord. Only at the very end did he say: 'Changqing intimately understood: "The eyebrows have grown!"' Tell me: where is the 'grown'? Quickly fix your eye and look!