佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 5.35

5.35

【四八】舉。王太傅入招慶煎茶（作家相聚。須有奇特。等閑無事。大家著一隻眼。惹禍來也）時朗上座與明招把銚（一火弄泥團漢。不會煎茶。帶累別人）朗翻却茶銚（事生也。果然）太傅見問上座。茶爐下是什麼（果然禍事）朗云。捧爐神（果然中他箭了也。不妨奇特）太傅云。既是捧爐神。為什麼翻却茶銚（何不與他本分草料。事生也）朗云。仕官千日失在一朝（錯指注是什麼語話。杜撰禪和如麻似粟）太傅拂袖便去（灼然作家。許他具一隻眼）明招云。朗上座喫却招慶飯了。却去江外。打野榸（更與三十棒。這獨眼。龍只具一隻眼。也須是明眼人點破始得）朗云。和尚作麼生（拶著。也好與一拶。終不作這般死郎當見解）招云。非人得其便（果然只具一隻眼。道得一半。一手擡一手搦）雪竇云。當時但踏倒茶爐（爭奈賊過後張弓。雖然如是。也未稱德山門下客。一等是潑郎潑賴。就中奇特）榸（椿皆切枯木根）。

[48] Case: Grand Tutor Wang entered Zhaoging to brew tea. (When masters gather, there must be something extraordinary. At ease and without business, everyone sets one eye. Bringing on disaster!)
At that time, Senior Monk Lang and Mingzhao were holding the teapot. (A fellow handling mud balls with a crowd. Not knowing how to brew tea, he implicates others.)
Lang overturned the teapot. (Something has arisen! Sure enough.)
Seeing this, the Grand Tutor asked the senior monk, "What is underneath the tea brazier?" (Sure enough, a disaster.)
Lang said, "The spirit that supports the brazier." (Sure enough, he has been hit by the arrow. Extraordinary nonetheless!)
The Grand Tutor said, "Since it is the spirit that supports the brazier, why did it overturn the teapot?" (Why not give him his proper measure of fodder? Something has arisen!)
Lang said, "Serving as an official for a thousand days is lost in a single morning." (Pointing mistakenly—what kind of talk is this? Bogus Chan fellows are as plentiful as hemp and millet.)
The Grand Tutor flicked his sleeves and left. (Truly a master. I grant that he possesses one eye.)
Mingzhao said, "Senior Monk Lang, you eat the rice of Zhaoqing, but then go beyond the river to chop down wild stumps!" (Give him another thirty blows of the staff. This One-Eyed Dragon possesses only a single eye. It still requires a clear-eyed person to point it out before it will do.)
Lang said, "What do you say, Venerable Sir?" (Pressed hard. It would be fine to press him once; he will never hold such a dead, sluggish view.)
Zhao said, "A non-human spirit seized the advantage." (Sure enough, he possesses only one eye. He has said half of it. One hand lifts up, one hand presses down.)
Xuedou said, "At that time, he should have just kicked over the tea brazier!" (What can be done? Drawing the bow after the thief has fled. Although it is like this, he still cannot be called a guest under Deshan's gate. In any case it is completely reckless, but therein lies the extraordinary.)
Zha (a phonetic note for "stump": dried tree root).