萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 2.87

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師云。雪竇頌這僧問這箇壞不壞。道衲僧猶滯兩重關。天童頌首言壞不壞。其意不同。雙舉二僧問端。雙收二師答處。一時拈向面前。唯隨他去也。大千界就大隨語。出二師鉤線。點二僧趁塊。雲居示眾云。言語如鉆。如挾。如鉤。如鎖。須教相續不斷始得。今頌二師答處。直捷便與不涉廉纖。爭奈諸方已被葛藤絆倒也。真點胸甞客南昌漳江寺政禪師席下。一日摳衣露脛緩步而過。政怪問之。真曰。前廊後架皆是葛藤。真恐絆倒耳。政為大笑。天童道。我恁麼分明頌出。爾會那不會。若是久參上士如當行買賣不索商量。萬松今日只諕得離家。

The Master said: Xuedou's verse on this monk's question, "Is this one destroyed or not?", says: "The patch-robed monk still lingers at a double barrier." The opening of Tiantong's verse says, "Destroyed or not destroyed?" His intention is different: he raises both monks' questioning points, and gathers together both masters' answers, bringing them before us all at once. Only "It goes along with it; the great chiliocosm" takes up Dasui's words, bringing out the hooks and lines of the two masters and pointing out the two monks chasing after the clod. Yunju gave an instruction to the assembly, saying: "Words are like boring, like pincers, like hooks, like latches; one must make them continuous and unbroken for it to work." Now, versifying the answers of the two masters, it is straightforward and direct without dealing in trifles; but alas, everywhere monks have already been tripped up by entangling vines! Zhen Dianxiong was once a guest under Chan Master Zheng of Zhangjiang Temple in Nanchang. One day, pulling up his robes and exposing his shins, he walked past with slow steps. Zheng found it strange and questioned him. Zhen said, "The front gallery and rear frame are all entangling vines; I am just afraid of being tripped up." Zheng laughed heartily at this. Tiantong says: "When I versify it so clearly, do you understand or not?" If one is an adept of long practice, it is like transacting business within the trade, requiring no bargaining. Today Wansong only manages to startle you away from home.