[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) › 3.112 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.112 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.112 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.112) 師云。毛詩淇奧美武公之德也。有文章又能聽其規諫。以禮自防。故能入相於周。美而作是詩也。瞻彼淇奧。綠竹猗猗。有匪君子。如切如瑳如琢如磨。註曰。治骨曰切。象曰瑳。玉曰琢。石曰磨。德山雪峯得巖頭。發明末後句。至今此話大行。切磨通變之力也。雪峯如化龍之杖。這僧如居蟄之梭。巖頭點出至今不知。所以同條死者無多也。或謂巖頭如化龍之杖。雪峯如居蟄之梭者。請細看前話。雪竇佛果以雙明雙暗。頌此話。非飽參者不知。東漢方術傳。費長房。汝南人。甞為市掾。遇壺公。斷青竹杖。偽為長房縊死於家。遂同入深山。學道不成。辭歸。公與竹杖。騎此至家。投葛陂。長房投杖於陂。化龍而去。又晉陶侃少時。漁於雷澤。網得一梭。掛壁。後聞雷電。化為龍而去。雪峯如杖。這僧如梭。巖頭如風舟載月。萬松似箇甚麼。鞏縣茶瓶。 > The Master said: The poem 'Qi Ao' in the Mao Odes praises Duke Wu's virtue: he possessed culture and was able to listen to admonitions, guarding himself with propriety, and thus was able to serve as chief minister to the Zhou. Admiring him, they composed this poem: 'Look at that cove of the Qi, with its luxuriant green bamboos. There is an elegant gentleman, as if cut, as if filed, as if carved, as if polished.' The commentary says: 'Working bone is called cutting; ivory is called filing; jade is called carving; stone is called polishing.' Through Yantou, Deshan and Xuefeng brought forth and clarified the final word, and down to the present day this dialogue is widely practiced—the power of cutting, polishing, and adapting to change. Xuefeng is like the staff turned into a dragon; this monk is like the hibernating shuttle. Yantou pointed it out, yet to this day it is not understood; therefore, those dying on the same branch are few. Some say Yantou is like the staff turned into a dragon, and Xuefeng is like the hibernating shuttle—please look closely at the previous dialogue. Xuedou and Foguo used double brightness and double darkness to versify this dialogue; none but fully seasoned practitioners can understand it. In the 'Biographies of Magicians' of the Later Han: Fei Changfang of Runan once served as a market clerk. He met Hugong, who severed a green bamboo staff to fake Changfang's hanging himself at home. They then entered the deep mountains together. Failing in his study of the Way, he took leave to return. Hugong gave him a bamboo staff: 'Ride this to your home, then cast it into Gepi.' Changfang threw the staff into the marsh, and it transformed into a dragon and departed. Again, when Tao Kan of the Jin was young, he was fishing in Leize and netted a shuttle, which he hung on the wall. Later, hearing thunder and lightning, it transformed into a dragon and departed. Xuefeng is like the staff, this monk is like the shuttle, Yantou is like the wind-borne boat carrying the moon. What does Wansong resemble? A tea pitcher of Gong County. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.111) - [Next: 3.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.113) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004~en-mt.3.112) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.112) · Pramāṇa