萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.44

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師云。直鉤釣龍。已是不快。漆桶離鉤三寸。已輪舡子夾山占斷。不道時人無分。大都貪餌吞鉤。看。他趙州亦不拗折釣竿。亦不蹋翻舡子。石橋上閑坐。略彴邊度時。自有上岸來入手底。本錄中。有其僧因此契悟。可謂竿頭絲線從君弄。不犯清波意自殊。趙州任公。得志於前。更看。天童鳴桹於後頌云。

The Master said: Fishing for a dragon with a straight hook is already blunt; keeping the lacquer bucket three inches away from the hook was already monopolized by the Boatman and Jiashan. This does not mean people of today have no share, but for the most part they covet the bait and swallow the hook. Look: that Zhaozhou does not snap the fishing pole, nor does he overturn the boat. Sitting leisurely on the stone bridge, passing the time beside the wooden plank, those who come ashore fall naturally to hand. In the original record, there was a monk who was awakened by this. Truly it can be said: 'Let the line on the pole be manipulated by you; without troubling the clear waves, the meaning is distinct.' Zhaozhou, like Master Ren, attained his purpose beforehand; look further, Tiantong sounds the rattle afterward. The verse says: