萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 2.55

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師云。杭州鹽官縣。鎮國海昌院齊安禪師。本唐皇宗枝。宣宗在潛為僧。將謁師。師預知告主事。大禁雜言。止約橫事。帝住久。忽辭。師密謂曰。時至矣。無滯泥蟠。兼囑以佛法後事。武宗滅教六年。宣宗復興。師有力焉。帝將詔師歸宮供養。師化已久。帝惻愴追諡悟空禪師。師一日喚侍者。與我過犀牛扇子來。侍者道。扇子破也。也是平實父子說話。師云。扇子既破。還我犀牛兒來。此乃全身入草養子之緣。侍者無對。却也因邪打正。只是自不知有。投子代云。不辭拈出。恐頭角不全。萬松道。善能修補。雪竇拈云。我要不全底頭角。萬松云。乃吾家之舊物。石霜云。若還和尚即無也。萬松道。當面諱却。雪竇拈云。犀牛兒猶在。萬松道。明眼難謾。保福云。和尚年尊別請人好。萬松道。恩多怨深。雪竇拈云。可惜勞而無功。萬松道。好心不得好報。據這一隊老漢。空說道理。扇子與牛兒。終拈掇不出。唯資福畫一圓相。於中書一牛字。扇子犀牛。斬新不動。雪竇拈云。適來為甚不拈出。其實道扇子破也。何曾動著分毫。適來不拈出。又何曾少。而今拈出也不曾添。天童賞資福拈得出用得親。標名挑請。特為煎點一上。頌云。

The Master said: Chan Master Qi'an of Zhenguo Haichang Monastery in Yanguan County, Hangzhou, was originally of the imperial lineage of the Tang. When Emperor Xuanzong was in hiding as a monk, he was about to visit the Master. Knowing this in advance, the Master told the director of affairs to strictly forbid idle chatter and prohibit unruly behavior. The Emperor stayed for a long time and then suddenly took his leave. The Master said to him secretly, "The time has arrived; do not remain coiled in the mud," and also entrusted him with the future affairs of the Buddhadharma. When Emperor Wuzong suppressed the teaching for six years, Emperor Xuanzong revived it; the Master's influence in this was significant. When the Emperor was about to summon the Master to the palace to make offerings to him, the Master had already passed away long before. In deep sorrow, the Emperor posthumously conferred on him the title "Chan Master Wukong." / One day, the Master called to his attendant, "Bring me the rhinoceros-horn fan." / The attendant said, "The fan is broken." This too was an ordinary conversation between father and son. / The Master said, "Since the fan is broken, bring me back the rhinoceros." This was entering the weeds with his whole body, an occasion for nurturing his child. / The attendant had no reply. This was indeed "hitting the mark by way of the crooked," but he simply did not recognize it in himself. / Touzi said in his place, "I would not refuse to bring it out, but I fear its head and horns would not be complete." / Wansong says: He is skilled at mending. / Xuedou brought this up and said, "I want the head and horns that are not complete." / Wansong says: It is an old object from our own house. / Shishuang said, "If returned to the Venerable, there would be none at all." / Wansong says: Denying it to his face. / Xuedou brought this up and said, "The rhinoceros is still there." / Wansong says: One with clear eyes is hard to deceive. / Baofu said, "The Venerable is advanced in years; it would be better to invite someone else." / Wansong says: Deep gratitude breeds deep resentment. / Xuedou brought this up and said, "A pity: toil without reward." / Wansong says: Good intentions do not receive a good reward. / Judging by this pack of old fellows, they speak of principle in vain, yet in the end they never manage to produce either fan or rhinoceros. Only Zifu drew a circle and wrote the character 'ox' inside it. Fan and rhinoceros—brand-new and unmoving. / Xuedou brought this up and said, "Why didn't you bring it out just now?" In fact, when he said, "The fan is broken," how had it ever moved in the slightest? Not bringing it out just now—how was it ever lacking? Bringing it out now—neither was anything added. / Tiantong praises Zifu for being able to bring it out and use it intimately; calling him out by name, he specially brews a critique. His verse says: