佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 4.36

4.36

[38] Case: When Fengxue was in the prefectural office of Yingzhou, he ascended the hall and said, (Relying on an official to speak Chan. What is he saying?) "The ancestral master's mind-seal is like the dynamic function of the iron ox: (A thousand or ten thousand people cannot shake it. Where are the intricacies and difficulties? The seal of the three essentials opens up, not touching the sharp edge.) if it moves away, the seal remains; (The authentic imperative should be carried out. A mistake.) if it remains, the seal is broken. (A second offense will not be tolerated. Look when the imperative is carried out. Pressing him. He strikes at once.) But what about when it neither moves away nor remains? (Look, there is nowhere to put it. How much intricacy!) Is it right to seal, or is it right not to seal?" (People throughout the world have no share in sticking their heads out. The patterned coloration is already manifest. Just overturn the Chan seat and shout to disperse the assembly.) / At the time, Elder Lupi came forward and asked, "I have the dynamic function of the iron ox; (Hooking one who knows and understands. Quite extraordinary.) I ask the Master not to apply the seal." (A fine topic of conversation. How can one handle the intricacy?) / Fengxue said, "Accustomed to angling for giant whales and stilling the great surges, / I regret the toad's creeping step churning up mud and sand." (Like a falcon catching a dove. A jewelled net spreads across the sky. A divine steed running a thousand leagues.) / Lupi hesitated in thought. (What a pity! He also had an escape. What a pity to let it go.) / Fengxue shouted and said, "Elder, why don't you advance with a word?" (Snatching the banner and seizing the drums. Noise and clamour come on.) / Lupi was about to deliberate; (Died three times. A twofold gong'an.) / Fengxue struck him once with his whisk. (A fine blow. This imperative must be carried out by such a person.) / Fengxue said, "Do you still remember the topic of conversation? Try to bring it up and see." (Why bother? Adding frost on top of snow.) / Lupi was about to open his mouth; (Once dead, he does not revive again. This fellow makes people lose face completely. He suffered his poisonous hand.) / Fengxue struck him once more with his whisk. / The governor said, "The Buddha Dharma and the king's law are identical." (Truly so! Yet he is seen through by a bystander.) / Fengxue said, "What principle do you see?" (Good to give him a press too. Turning the spearhead back around.) / The governor said, "When one ought to decide but does not, in return one invites disorder." (It seems so, but it is not yet quite so. One must know that the bystander has eyes. When someone in the eastern house dies, the western house assists in mourning.) / Fengxue then stepped down from the seat. (Following error with error. Seeing the opportunity and adapting. Meanwhile, the matter of study has ended.)