萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.9

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師云。絳州龍門山。禹鑿也。亦曰禹門。而有三級。水經云。鱣鮪出鞏穴。三月則上度龍門。得度為龍。否則點額而迴。浪級初昇。三級浪也。易文言曰。雲從龍。風從虎。雲雷相送成龍也。二大士騰躍威稜。三聖如浪級初昇。雪峯如雲雷相送。三聖既度禹門。雪峯肯淹虀甕。臨際送洛浦云。臨濟門下有箇赤梢鯉魚。搖頭擺尾向南方去也。向誰家虀甕淹殺也。向下正頌雪峯老僧住持事繁。兼頌三聖二問。老成人不驚眾。慣臨大敵初無恐。光武紀王尋王邑兵號百萬。進圍昆陽。光武自將作先鋒。殺數十人。諸將皆喜曰。劉將軍平日見小敵怯。今日見大敵勇。甚可怪也。乍看五兩也不到。子細參詳。千斤秤上。打不動。後來雪峯門下。出零門法眼兩派。豈非源深流長耶。利衰毀譽稱譏苦樂八風也。於他本分宗師。如耳邊風過。潭柘性和尚。謂慶壽顗和尚曰。喚爾作箇爺。又作麼生。

The Master said: Mount Longmen in Jiangzhou was cut through by Yu; it is also called the Yu Gate, and it has three tiers. The *Water Classic* says: 'Sturgeon and tuna emerge from Gong Cave; in the third month they ascend and cross the Dragon Gate. Those that succeed in crossing become dragons; those that do not, bang their foreheads and turn back.' 'At the first rise of waves on the tiers' refers to the waves on the three tiers. The *Commentary on the Words of the Text* of the *Classic of Changes* says: 'Clouds follow the dragon; wind follows the tiger.' Clouds and thunder ushering it along make it a dragon. The two great beings leapt up with awe-inspiring force: Sansheng was like the first rise of waves on the tiers, and Xuefeng was like clouds and thunder ushering him along. Once Sansheng had crossed the Dragon Gate, how could Xuefeng be willing to steep him in a pickle jar? When Linji sent off Luopu, he said: 'Under Linji's gate there is a red-tailed carp, shaking its head and wagging its tail, heading southward; in whose pickle jar will it be steeped to death?' Below, it directly praises Xuefeng's 'the old monk has many administrative duties,' as well as Sansheng's two questions. 'An elder who does not alarm the crowd; / accustomed to facing formidable foes, he has no fear from the start.' In the annals of Emperor Guangwu, the troops of Wang Xun and Wang Yi numbered a million and advanced to besiege Kunyang. Guangwu himself led as vanguard and killed several tens of men. The generals were all delighted, saying: 'General Liu was usually timid upon seeing minor foes, yet today he is valiant upon seeing formidable foes—truly extraordinary!' At first glance he does not even seem to weigh five ounces, yet when carefully examined and inquired into, on a thousand-catty scale he cannot be budged. Later, under Xuefeng's gate, the two schools of Yunmen and Fayan emerged—was this not indeed a deep source with a long flow? Gain and loss, disgrace and fame, praise and blame, pain and pleasure are the eight winds. To a fundamental ancestral master like him, they pass like wind by the ears. Venerable Xing of Tanzhe said to Venerable Yi of Qingshou: 'If I call you a father, what about that?'