佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 10.13

10.13

西天四七。唐土二三。只傳這箇些子。諸人還知落處麼。若知免得此過。若不知。依舊只是野狐精。有者道。是裂轉他鼻孔來瞞人。若真箇恁麼。成何道理。大光善能為人。他句中有出身之路。大凡宗師。須與人抽釘拔楔。去粘解縛。方謂之善知識。大光作舞。這僧禮拜。末後僧却作舞。大光云。這野狐精。不是轉這僧。畢竟不知的當。爾只管作舞。遞相恁麼。到幾時得休歇去。大光道野狐精。此語截斷金牛。不妨奇特。所以道。他參活句。不參死句。雪竇只愛他道這野狐精。所以頌出。旦道這野狐精。與藏頭白海頭黑。是同是別。這漆桶。又道。好師僧。且道。是同是別。還知麼觸處逢渠。雪竇頌云。

The twenty-eight [patriarchs] of the Western Heaven and the six [patriarchs] of the Tang land transmitted only this bit. Do all of you know where it comes down? If you know, you avoid this fault; if you do not know, you are still just a wild fox spirit. Some say that he twisted his nostrils around to deceive people. If it were truly like that, what principle would that make? Daguang was adept at helping people; within his words was an escape route. In general, a lineage master must pull out nails and extract pegs for people, remove stickiness and untie bonds—only then is he called a kalyāṇamitra. Daguang danced, and this monk bowed; at the end, the monk instead danced, and Daguang said, "This wild fox spirit!" It was not to turn this monk around; after all, he did not know the exact fact. If you just keep dancing, passing it on to one another like this, when will you ever find rest? Daguang said, "Wild fox spirit"; this phrase cut off Jinniu—it was quite extraordinary. Therefore it is said: he investigated living phrases, not dead phrases. Xuedou simply cherished his saying, "This wild fox spirit," and so he eulogised it. Tell me: is this "wild fox spirit" the same as or different from "Zang's head is white, Hai's head is black"? [And what about] "this lacquer bucket" or, again, "fine monk"? Tell me: are they the same or different? Do you know? Everywhere you meet him. Xuedou's verse says: