[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003) › 5.41 # 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 5.41 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 5.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.5.41) 雪峯三聖。雖然一出一入一挨一拶。未分勝負在。且道這二尊宿具什麼眼目。三聖自臨濟受訣。遍歷諸方。皆以高賓待之。看他致箇問端。多少人摸索不著。且不涉理性佛法。却問道。透網金鱗以何為食。且道他意作麼生。透網金鱗尋常既不食他香餌。不知以什麼為食。雪峯是作家匹似閑。只以一二分酬他。却向他道。待汝出網來。向汝道。汾陽謂之呈解問。洞下謂之借事問。須是超倫絕類得大受用。頂門有眼方謂之透網金鱗。爭奈雪峯是作家。不妨減人聲價。却云。待汝出網來。向汝道。看他兩家。把定封疆。壁立萬仞。若不是三聖。只此一句便去不得。爭奈三聖亦是作家。方解向他道。一千五百人善知識。話頭也不識。雪峯却道。老僧住持事繁。此語得恁麼頑慢。他作家相見。一擒一縱。逢強即弱。遇賤即貴。爾若作勝負會。未夢見雪峯在。看他二人。最初孤危峭峻。末後二俱死郎當。且道還有得失勝負麼。他作家酬唱。必不知此。三聖在臨濟作院主。臨濟遷化垂示云。吾去後不得滅吾正法眼藏。三聖出云。爭敢滅却和尚正法眼藏。濟云。已後有人問爾。作麼生。三聖便喝。濟云。誰知吾正法眼藏。向這瞎驢邊滅却三聖便禮拜。他是臨濟真子。方敢如此酬唱。雪竇末後。只頌透網金鱗。顯他作家相見處。頌云。 > Although Xuefeng and Sansheng stepped in and stepped out, nudged each other and pressed each other, victory and defeat were not yet decided. Tell me, what kind of eyes did these two venerable adepts possess? Ever since Sansheng received the instruction from Linji, he traveled widely through all quarters, and everywhere he went he was treated as an eminent guest. Look at the topic of inquiry he raised—how many people could not get a handle on it! Without touching on rational principle or Buddhist doctrine, he instead asked: "What does the golden fish that has passed through the net take for food?" Tell me, what was his intention? As the golden fish that has passed through the net does not ordinarily eat someone else's fragrant bait, one does not know what it takes for food. Xuefeng was an expert; as if with ease, he answered him with only a point or two, saying back to him: "Wait until you emerge from the net, then I will tell you." Fenyang called this an "inquiry presenting understanding"; the Dongshan lineage called it an "inquiry borrowing an affair." One must transcend the ordinary and surpass the herd, obtaining great functioning, with an eye on the crown of the head, before one is called a golden fish that has passed through the net. But what can be done? Xuefeng was an expert: without hesitating to diminish the man's reputation, he instead said: "Wait until you emerge from the net, then I will tell you." Look at the two houses: they held their borders firmly, like cliffs rising ten thousand fathoms. Were it not for Sansheng, at this single phrase one could go no further. Yet what can be done? Sansheng was also an expert; only then was he able to say to him: "A kalyāṇamitra of fifteen hundred people, yet you do not even recognize a turning phrase!" Xuefeng then said: "This old monk's tasks as abbot are many." These words were so unyielding and leisurely! When experts meet, with one capture and one release, meeting the strong they become weak, meeting the lowly they become noble. If you understand it in terms of victory and defeat, you have not yet even dreamed of Xuefeng. Look at the two of them: at first solitary, precipitous, and steep; in the end both utterly slack and negligent. Tell me, is there still gain and loss, victory and defeat? In the exchanges between experts, they certainly do not know such things. When Sansheng was the monastery director under Linji, Linji, about to pass away, gave a pointer saying: "After I depart, you must not extinguish my Treasury of the True Dharma Eye." Sansheng came forward and said: "How could I dare extinguish the Venerable's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye?" Linji said: "In the future, if someone asks you, how will you respond?" Sansheng gave a shout. Linji said: "Who would have known that my Treasury of the True Dharma Eye would be extinguished by this blind donkey!" Sansheng then bowed. Being Linji's true heir, only he dared to make such an exchange. At the end, Xuedou only versified the golden fish that has passed through the net, revealing the place where these experts met. His verse says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.5.40) - [Next: 5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.5.42) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003~en-mt.5.41) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大慧普覺禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.10.163) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.5.41) · Pramāṇa