佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 4.39

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雪竇知風穴有這般宗風。便頌道。擒得盧陂跨鐵牛。三玄戈甲未輕酬。臨濟下有三玄三要。凡一句中須具三玄。一玄中須具三要。僧問臨濟。如何是第一句。濟云。三要印開朱點窄。未容擬議主賓分。如何是第二句。濟云。妙辨豈容無著問。漚和不負截流機。如何是第三句。濟云。但看棚頭弄傀儡。抽牽全藉裏頭人。風穴一句中便具三玄戈甲。七事隨身。不輕酬他。若不如此。爭奈盧陂何。後面雪竇要出臨濟下機鋒。莫道是盧陂假饒楚王城畔。洪波浩渺白浪滔天。盡去朝宗。只消一喝。也須教倒流。

Xuedou knew that Fengxue possessed this kind of lineage style, so he composed this verse:
“Seizing Lubi, he bestrides the iron bull;
With the armor and weapons of the three mysteries, he does not yield lightly.”
In the Linji school there are the three mysteries and three essentials: in every single phrase there must be the three mysteries, and within each mystery there must be the three essentials. A monk asked Linji, “What is the first phrase?” Linji said, “When the seal of the three essentials is imprinted, the vermilion marks are narrow; before deliberation is permitted, host and guest are distinguished.” “What is the second phrase?” Linji said, “How could wondrous discernment brook Wuzhuo’s questions? Expedient means do not betray the dynamic sharpness that cuts off the stream.” “What is the third phrase?” Linji said, “Look only at the puppet show on the stage: the pulling and hauling entirely depend on the man behind.” In a single phrase, Fengxue was already equipped with the armor and weapons of the three mysteries, keeping the seven items about his person, and did not lightly yield to him. Were it not so, what could he have done with Lubi? Later, Xuedou wished to bring out the dynamic sharpness of the Linji school: not only Lubi, but even if by the city of the King of Chu the surging waves were vast and white billows mounted to the heavens, all heading to pay court to the ocean, it would take only a single shout to make them flow backward.