佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 7.49

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此三人答處。各各不同。也有壁立千仞。也有照用同時。也有自救不了。却請和尚道。雪竇便向此一句中。呈機了也。更就中輕輕拶。令人易見云。虎頭生角出荒草。溈山答處。一似猛虎頭上安角。有什麼近傍處。不見僧問羅山。同生不同死時如何。山云。如牛無角。僧云。同生亦同死時如何。山云。如虎戴角。雪竇只一句頌了也。他有轉變餘才。更云。十洲春盡花凋殘。海上有三山十洲。以百年為一春。雪竇語帶風措。宛轉盤礴。春盡之際。百千萬株花。一時凋殘。獨有珊瑚樹林。不解凋落。與大陽相奪。其光交映。正當恁麼時。不妨奇特。雪竇用此。明他却請和尚道。十洲皆海外諸國之所附。一祖洲。出反魂香。二瀛洲。生芝草玉石泉如酒味。三玄洲。出仙藥。服之長生。四長洲。出木瓜玉英。五炎洲。出火浣布。六元洲。出靈泉如蜜。七生洲。有山川無寒暑。八鳳麟洲。人取鳳喙麟角。煎續弦膠。九聚窟洲。出獅子銅頭鐵額之獸。十檀洲（一作流洲）出琨吾石。作劍切玉如泥。珊瑚外國雜傳云。大秦西南。漲海中。可七八百里。到珊瑚洲。洲底盤石。珊瑚生其石上。人以鐵網取之。又十洲記云。珊瑚生南海底。如樹高三二尺。有枝無皮。似玉而紅潤。感月而生。凡枝頭皆有月暈（此一則與八卷首公案同看）。

The points of answer of these three men were each different: some stood precipitous like a thousand-fathom cliff; some exercised illumination and dynamic action simultaneously; and some could not even save themselves. "I invite the venerable monk to speak instead"—Xuedou, right within this single phrase, had already displayed dynamic function. Furthermore, pressing lightly from within it so that people might easily see, he says: "Horns grow on the tiger's head as it emerges from the wild grass." The point of Guishan's answer was just like mounting horns on the head of a fierce tiger: how could there be any approach to it? Have you not seen when a monk asked Luoshan, "How is it when born together but not dying together?" Luoshan said, "Like an ox without horns." The monk said, "How is it when born together and also dying together?" Luoshan said, "Like a tiger wearing horns." With just one phrase, Xuedou eulogized it completely. Having remaining talent for transformation, he further said, "Spring has ended across the ten continents, and the flowers have withered." On the sea there are three mountains and ten continents, taking one hundred years as a single spring. Xuedou's words carry poise and bearing, circling and sprawling. At the end of spring, hundreds of thousands of flowering plants all wither at once; only the forest of coral trees does not understand withering, contending with the great sun, their lights mutually reflecting. Right at such a time, it is remarkably exceptional. Xuedou used this to illuminate his "I invite the venerable monk to speak instead." The ten continents are all adjacent to foreign lands overseas: First is Zuzhou, which produces the soul-returning incense. Second is Yingzhou, where there grow magic mushrooms and jade stones, with springs tasting like wine. Third is Xuanzhou, which produces the immortal elixir; taking it brings longevity. Fourth is Changzhou, which produces pawpaws and jade blossoms. Fifth is Yanzhou, which produces fire-cleansed cloth. Sixth is Yuanzhou, which produces spiritual springs sweet as honey. Seventh is Shengzhou, having mountains and streams without cold or heat. Eighth is Fenglinzhou, where people take phoenix beaks and unicorn horns and boil them to make string-joining glue. Ninth is Jukuzhou, which produces copper-headed, iron-browed beasts like lions. Tenth is Tanzhou (also written as Liuzhou), which produces Kunwu stone, which makes swords that cut jade like mud. The *Miscellaneous Records of Foreign Countries on Coral* says: "To the southwest of Daqin, within the surging sea, seven or eight hundred li away, one reaches Coral Continent. At the bottom of the continent is flat bedrock, upon which coral grows. People harvest it with iron nets." Also, the *Record of the Ten Continents* says: "Coral grows at the bottom of the Southern Sea, like trees two or three feet tall, having branches without bark, resembling jade yet red and lustrous. It grows in response to the moon; every branch tip has a lunar halo." (This case should be read together with the first gong'an of Fascicle Eight.)