[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) › [萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004) › 2.69 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 2.69 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 2.69 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.2.69) 師云。古人不得已。強名本分事。松直。棘曲。鵠白。烏玄。本出楞嚴經。天童點化鶴長𠒎短。莊子云。長者不為有餘。短者不為不足。是故𠒎脛雖短續之則憂。鶴脛雖長。斷之則悲。俗諺云。要不悶依本分。豈直羲皇世人俱忘治亂。孔子謂。西方有大聖人。不治而不亂。治亂者得失也。三祖云。得失是非一時放却。周易乾卦。初九潛龍。勿用。九四或躍在淵。秦臺記。王次仲年弱冠。變蒼頡古文為隷書。秦始皇徵之不起。上怒檻車囚之赴國。路化作鳥脫羈絆。飛至西山落二翮。今媯川縣有大翮碢。即其處也。此頌上古之風。出處行藏。各安其分。佛未出世。有多少經論公案。及至祖師西來。便有得有失。何不向未指簾時會取。隨風轉空。截流到岸。此二句點出二僧得失。天童大有功夫不易。恁麼道。若無活人手。爭能殺得人。是故又道。箇中靈利衲僧。看取清涼手段。且道。據什麼令。便得如此。待爾喫棒了。向爾道。 > The Master said: The ancients, out of sheer necessity, forced names onto the fundamental affair. Pines are straight, brambles curved, swans white, crows black—this originally comes from the Śūraṅgama-sūtra. Tiantong adapted it into 'the crane is tall, the mallard short.' Zhuangzi said: 'What is long is not superfluous; what is short is not deficient. Therefore, though the duck's legs are short, lengthening them brings sorrow; though the crane's legs are long, cutting them brings grief.' A common proverb says: 'If you want no worry, abide by your fundamental lot.' Not only did the people of the August Xi's era completely forget order and chaos; Confucius also said: 'In the West there is a great sage; without governing, there is no disorder.' Order and chaos are \[simply\] gain and loss. The Third Patriarch said: 'Gain and loss, right and wrong—abandon them all at once.' In the Hexagram Qian of the Book of Changes: 'Initial Nine: Hidden dragon, do not act. Nine in the Fourth: Perhaps leaping in the abyss.' The Records of Qin Terrace states: 'Wang Cizhong, at the age of capped youth, changed Cangjie's ancient script into clerical script. Qin Shihuang summoned him, but he would not rise. The Emperor in fury placed him in a cage-cart to be brought to the capital as a prisoner. On the road, he transformed into a bird, escaped his bonds, flew to the West Mountain, and dropped two quills. Today in Guichuan County there is Dahe Rock, which is that place.' This praises the spirit of high antiquity: coming forth or withdrawing, acting or concealing oneself, each resting in their own lot. Before the Buddha appeared in the world, what need was there for sūtras, treatises, and gong'ans? But when the Patriarch came from the West, gain and loss immediately arose. Why not understand it before the curtain was pointed to? 'Turning into the sky following the wind; reaching the shore cutting through the flow'—these two lines point out the gain and loss of the two monks. Tiantong possessed great skill; it was not easy to speak like this. If one lacked the hand to bring someone to life, how could one kill? Therefore he also said: 'The quick-witted patched-robed monks in their midst, / Observe the method of Qingliang.' Tell me, on what authority did he achieve this? Wait until you have taken a blow of the staff, and I will tell you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.2.68) - [Next: 2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.2.70) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004~en-mt.2.69) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [宏智禪師廣錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.59) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.2.69) · Pramāṇa