佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 6.27

6.27

良禪客也不妨是一員戰將。向欽山手裏。左盤右轉。墜鞭閃𩍐。末後可惜許。弓折箭盡。雖然如是。李將軍自有嘉聲在。不得封侯也是閑。這箇公案。一出一入。一擒一縱。當機覿面提。覿面當機疾。都不落有無得失。謂之玄機。稍虧些子力量。便有顛蹶。這僧亦是箇英靈底衲子。致箇問端。不妨驚群。欽山是作家宗師。便知他問頭落處。鏃者箭鏃也。一箭射透三關時如何。欽山意道。爾射透得則且置。試放出關中主看。良云。恁麼則知過必改。也不妨奇特。欽山云。更待何時。看他恁麼祇對。欽山所問。更無些子空缺處。後頭良禪客却道。好箭放不著所在。拂袖便出。欽山纔見他恁麼道。便喚云。且來闍黎。良禪客果然把不住。便回首。欽山擒住云。一鏃破三關則且止。試與欽山發箭看。良擬議。欽山便打七棒。更隨後與他念一道呪云。且聽這漢疑三十年。如今禪和子盡道。為什麼不打八下。又不打六下。只打七下。不然等他問道試與欽山發箭看。便打。似則也似。是則未是在。這箇公案。須是胸襟裏不懷些子道理計較。超出語言之外。方能有一句下破三關。及有放箭處。若存是之與非。卒摸索不著。當時這僧。若是箇漢。欽山也大嶮。他既不能行此令。不免倒行。且道關中主。畢竟是什麼人。看雪竇頌云。

Chan traveler Liang was truly a battle general. In Qinshan's hands, he wheeled left and circled right, dropping his whip and flashing his stirrups. At the very end, what a pity—his bow broke and his arrows were exhausted. Even though this was so, General Li has his own glorious reputation; failing to be enfeoffed as a marquis is also of no account. In this gong'an, one exit and one entry, one capture and one release: responding directly to the dynamic function face to face, swift and immediate face to face, falling neither into existence nor nonexistence, gain nor loss—this is called the profound dynamic. With the slightest lack of power, there is an immediate stumble. This monk was also an extraordinarily sharp patch-robed monk: in putting forward a question, he startled the assembly. Qinshan, being an adept lineage master, immediately knew where his question landed. A "barb" means an arrowhead. "What about when one arrow pierces through three passes?" Qinshan's meaning was: Setting aside your shooting through them, try letting out the master within the pass and let us see. Liang said, "Then knowing my error, I must correct it"—this was also quite extraordinary. Qinshan said, "What other time are you waiting for?" Look at how he responded: Qinshan's interrogation left not the slightest gap. Afterward, Chan traveler Liang instead said, "A good arrow shot with nowhere to hit," shook his sleeves, and walked out. The moment Qinshan saw him speak like this, he called out, "Come here a moment, ācārya!" Chan traveler Liang indeed could not hold his ground, and turned his head. Qinshan seized him and said, "Let alone a single arrowhead breaking through the three passes—for Qinshan's sake, try shooting an arrow and let me see!" Liang hesitated. Qinshan then struck him seven blows with the staff and furthermore recited an incantation after him, saying, "Just let this fellow doubt for thirty years!" Nowadays meditation monks all say, "Why did he not hit him eight times, nor hit him six times, but only hit him seven times? Otherwise, waiting until he asked 'try shooting an arrow for Qinshan's sake and let me see', he struck." It may seem like it, but it is not yet it. For this gong'an, your breast must harbor not the slightest intellectual calculation; transcending speech and words, only then can you break through the three passes in a single phrase and have a place to release the arrow. If you retain right and wrong, you will never grasp it. At that time, had this monk been a real man, Qinshan would also have been in great peril. Since he could not execute this command, he could not help running backward. Tell me: who, ultimately, is the master within the pass? Look at Xuedou's verse, which says: