萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 5.31

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師云。明州翠巖永明大師。諱令參。湖州人。蒙雪峯記別。大張法席。一日上堂曰。自一夏以來。為兄弟東語西話。看。翠巖眉毛在麼。諸方多道。本欲首身不覺兩重公案。更見保福道作賊人心虛。一向道背底插柴自隱口過。佛果云。人多錯會道。青天白日說無向當話。無事生事。先自說過。免得別人點檢。且喜沒交涉。長慶云生也。萬松道。依舊在眼上。雲門關字。普字號一字禪。三箇皆嗣雪峯。見當家人說無外話。見翠巖示眾奇特。故大家唱和。古人下語。不犯手勢。有座主就華嚴講下。請巖齋。巖云。山僧有箇問頭。若答得即齋。乃拈起胡餅云。還具法身麼。主云。具。巖云。恁麼則喫法身也。主無對。當講法師代云。有甚麼過。巖不肯。雲門代云。特謝和尚降重空筵。覺範謂雲門大師僧中王也。果然天童一串穿來從頭頌出。頌云。

The Master said: Great Master Yongming of Cuiyan in Mingzhou, named Lingcan, was a man of Huzhou. Having received Xuefeng's prediction, he opened a great assembly of Dharma. One day he ascended the hall and said, "All summer long, I have talked this way and that to the brothers. Look: are Cuiyan's eyebrows still there?" In various places, many say that he originally intended to make a confession but inadvertently created a double gong'an. Further seeing Baofu say, "One who acts as a thief has an uneasy heart," they simply say he thrust wood behind his back to conceal the fault of his mouth. Foguo said, "Many misunderstand, saying that in broad daylight he spoke aimless words, creating trouble out of nothing, speaking of his fault beforehand to avoid the scrutiny of others. Fortunately, this has nothing to do with it." Changqing said, "They have grown!" Wansong says, "As before, they are above the eyes." Yunmen's character "Barrier"—his lineage is known for one-word Chan. All three were heirs of Xuefeng. Seeing a person of their own family speaking without outside words, and seeing Cuiyan's instruction to the assembly as extraordinary, they joined together in harmony. When the ancients gave words, they did not resort to crude gestures. A lecturing master came down from lecturing on the Huayan to invite Cuiyan to a meal. Cuiyan said, "This mountain monk has a question. If you can answer, then I will take the meal." He picked up a sesame cake and said, "Does it possess the dharmakāya?" The lecturing master said, "It possesses it." Cuiyan said, "If so, then you are eating the dharmakāya." The lecturing master had no answer. The lecturing master for that period answered on his behalf, "What fault is there?" Cuiyan did not accept it. Yunmen answered on his behalf, "We especially thank the Venerable for deigning to grace this empty banquet." Juefan called Great Master Yunmen a king among monks. Indeed, Tiantong strung them together and praised them from the beginning in verse. The verse says: