[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) › 6.7 # 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 6.7 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 6.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.6.7) 趙州有石橋。蓋李膺造也。至今天下有名。略彴者。即是獨木橋也。其僧故意減他威光問他道。久響趙州石橋。到來只見略彴。趙州便道。汝只見略彴。且不見石橋。據他問處。也只是平常說話相似。趙州用去釣他。這僧果然上鉤。隨後便問。如何是石橋。州云。渡驢渡馬。不妨言中自有出身處。趙州不似臨濟德山。行棒行喝。他只以言句殺活。這公案好好看來。只是尋常鬪機鋒相似。雖然如是。也不妨難湊泊。一日與首座看石橋。州乃問首座。是什麼人造。座云。李膺造。州云。造時向什麼處下手。座無對。州云。尋常說石橋。問著下手處也不知。又一日州掃地次。僧問。和尚是善知識。為什麼有塵。州云。外來底。又問。清淨伽藍。為什麼有塵。州云。又有一點也。又僧問。如何是道。州云。牆外底。僧云。不問這箇道。問大道。州云。大道透長安。趙州偏用此機。他到平實安穩處。為人更不傷鋒犯手。自然孤峻。用得此機甚妙。雪竇頌云。 > In Zhaozhou there is a stone bridge, built by Li Ying, which is famous throughout the world to this day. A 'lüeyue' is a single-log bridge. That monk deliberately diminished its grandeur and asked him, 'For a long time I have heard of the stone bridge of Zhaozhou, but having arrived here, I only see a single-log bridge.' Zhaozhou immediately said, 'You only see the single-log bridge, and do not see the stone bridge.' Looking at where he asked, it was merely like ordinary speech; Zhaozhou used it to angle for him. The monk truly took the hook, and immediately followed up by asking, 'What is the stone bridge?' Zhou said, 'It ferries donkeys, it ferries horses.' Truly, within his words there is naturally a way of escape. Zhaozhou was not like Linji or Deshan, who wielded the staff and the shout; he killed and gave life purely through words and phrases. Looking carefully at this gong'an, it seems like an ordinary exchange of dynamic sharpness; even so, it is truly difficult to approach. One day Zhaozhou was looking at the stone bridge with the head monk. Zhou asked the head monk, 'Who built this?' The head monk said, 'Li Ying built it.' Zhou said, 'When it was being built, where did he begin?' The head monk had no reply. Zhou said, 'People constantly speak of the stone bridge, yet when asked where work began, they do not even know.' Another day, while Zhou was sweeping the ground, a monk asked, 'The Master is a kalyāṇamitra; why is there dust?' Zhou said, 'It comes from outside.' The monk asked again, 'In a pure saṅghārāma, why is there dust?' Zhou said, 'There is another speck.' Another monk asked, 'What is the Way?' Zhou said, 'What is outside the wall.' The monk said, 'I am not asking about this way; I am asking about the Great Way.' Zhou said, 'The Great Way leads to Chang'an.' Zhaozhou exclusively made use of this dynamic function. When he reached an even, stable ground, in helping people he did not blunt their points or wound their hands, yet was naturally solitary and precipitous. He used this dynamic function most wonderfully. Xuedou's verse eulogy says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.6.6) - [Next: 6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.6.8) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003~en-mt.6.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.6.7) · Pramāṇa