萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.110

3.110

師云。雲巖傍參道吾。雪峯傍參巖頭。君子不恥下問。今雲巖雪峯之道大行。亦退己讓人之餘慶也。而巖頭天資英邁。抑揚德山之道。天下橫行。無敢當鋒者。蓋見處洞達蘊養成就。故得如是。看他二僧。雪峯門下。箭鋒相直。也是箇行脚漢。為甚直至夏末。尚疑末後句。只為眼鈍頭迷當面蹉過。巖頭與他說出許多道理。雪峯與我同條生。不與我同條死。一法雖無異。三人乃見差。這僧與雪峯。一時道是甚麼。及至論末後句。說與也不知。豈非差之毫釐失之千里也。且道。這僧實不會。要放這話行。溈山哲云。大小雪峯巖頭。却被這僧勘破。萬松道。冷眼不防。巖頭雪峯。猶可恕也。後來又點德山亦不會末後句。直是難甘。是故天童兩次頌出。頌云。

The Master said: Yunyan studied as a secondary student under Daowu; Xuefeng studied as a secondary student under Yantou. The gentleman is not ashamed to inquire of those below. That the ways of Yunyan and Xuefeng are widely practiced today is also the remaining blessing of stepping back and yielding to others. Yet Yantou's natural talent was heroic and outstanding: evaluating and promoting Deshan's Way, he strode horizontally across all under heaven, and no one dared face his sharp point. This was because his insight was thoroughly penetrating and his nurturing was fully accomplished, hence he could be like this. Look at those two monks under Xuefeng's gate: arrows meeting point to point, he too was an itinerant fellow. Why is it that, right up until the end of the summer, he still doubted the final word? It was only because his eyes were dull and his head was bewildered, letting it slip right past his face. Yantou spoke out so many principles for him: "Although Xuefeng was born on the same branch with me, he will not die on the same branch with me." Though one Dharma has no difference, three people see disparity. This monk and Xuefeng at the same time said, "What is it?" When it came to discussing the final word, even when told, he did not know it. Is this not a difference of a hair's breadth leading to a loss of a thousand miles? And tell me, did this monk truly not understand, or did he want to set this dialogue in motion? Guishan Zhe said: "Great or small, Xuefeng and Yantou were both exposed by this monk." Wansong says: If the cold eye does not watch out, Yantou and Xuefeng might still be forgiven; later he also pointed out that Deshan too did not understand the final word, which is truly hard to bear. For this reason, Tiantong brought it forth twice in verse. The verse says: