佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 4.18

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驗人端的處。下口便知音。古人道。沒量大人。向語脈裏轉却。若是頂門具眼。舉著便知落處。看他一問一答。歷歷分明。雲門為什麼却道。此語皆為慈悲之故。有落草之談。古人到這裏。如明鏡當臺明珠在掌。胡來胡現漢來漢。現一箇蠅子也過他鑑不得。且道作麼生是慈悲之故有落草之談。也不妨險峻。到這田地。也須是箇漢始可提掇。雲門拈云這僧親從廬山來。因什麼却道。闍黎不曾遊山溈山。一日問抑山云。諸方若有僧來。汝將什麼驗他。仰山云。某甲有驗處。溈山云。子試舉看。仰云。某甲尋常見僧來。只舉拂子向伊道。諸方還有這箇麼。待伊有語只向伊道。這箇即且置。那箇如何。溈山云。此是向上人牙爪。豈不見。馬祖問百丈。什麼處來。丈云。山下來。祖云。路上還逢著一人麼。丈云。不曾。祖云。為什麼不曾逢著。丈云。若逢著。即舉似和尚。祖云。那裏得這消息來。丈云。某甲罪過。祖云。却是老僧罪過。仰山問僧正相類此。當時待他道曾到五老峯麼。這僧若是箇漢。但云禍事。却道不曾到。這僧既不作家。仰山何不據令而行。免見後面許多葛藤。却云。闍黎不曾遊山。所以雲門道。此語皆為慈悲之故。有落草之談。若是出草之談。則不恁麼。

Where one tests someone's genuineness, as soon as they speak one knows the sound. The ancients said, 'An immeasurable person turns away within the pulse of words.' If one has an eye on top of one's head, as soon as something is brought up one knows where it lands. Look at the questions and answers between them: distinctly and clearly apparent. Why then did Yunmen say, 'These words are all on account of compassion; they are talk that enters the grass'? When the ancients reached this place, it was like a bright mirror on its stand, a bright jewel in the palm: when a barbarian comes, a barbarian appears; when a Han comes, a Han appears. Not even a single fly could slip past their reflection. Tell me, how is it 'on account of compassion, talk that enters the grass'? It does not hinder being precipitous either. Having reached this stage, it still requires such a fellow before it can be brought forth and held up. Yunmen took this up, saying, 'This monk came directly from Mount Lu. Why then did [Yangshan] say, "Acārya, you have not toured the mountain"?' One day Guishan asked Yangshan, 'If a monk comes from other regions, by what do you test him?' Yangshan said, 'I have a way to test.' Guishan said, 'Try to present it for me to see.' Yangshan said, 'Whenever I see a monk come, I just raise my whisk toward him and say, "Do other regions still have this?" Waiting for him to speak, I just say to him, "Leave this aside for a moment; what about that?"' Guishan said, 'These are the teeth and claws of a transcendent person.' Have you not seen? Mazu asked Baizhang, 'Where did you come from?' Baizhang said, 'From below the mountain.' Mazu said, 'Did you meet someone on the road?' Baizhang said, 'I did not.' Mazu said, 'Why did you not meet someone?' Baizhang said, 'If I had met someone, I would present it to the Venerable.' Mazu said, 'Where did you get this news?' Baizhang said, 'It is my fault.' Mazu said, 'Rather, it is this old monk's fault.' Yangshan questioning the monk was precisely similar to this. At that time, when he asked, 'Did you ever reach the Five Old Men Peaks?', if this monk had been a real fellow, he would only have said, 'Disaster!' Yet he said he had not reached them. Since this monk was not an adept, why did Yangshan not execute the imperative according to rule, avoiding the many entangling vines that followed? Instead, he said, 'Acārya, you have not toured the mountain.' Therefore Yunmen said, 'These words are all on account of compassion; they are talk that enters the grass.' If it were talk that leaves the grass, it would not be like this.