萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 5.85

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The Master said: Chan Master Judun of Mount Longya in Hunan first studied under Cuiwei and Linji, and later under Deshan and Dongshan. One day he asked Dongshan, "What is the intention of the ancestral teacher coming from the west?" Dongshan said, "Wait until the Dong River flows backwards, and then I will tell you." At this, the Master was awakened. Foguo said: "At that time when Longya took the meditation board, how could he not have known that [Cuiwei] was going to strike him? After he resided in a temple, a monk asked, 'When the Venerable saw the two venerable elders, did you approve of them or not approve of them?' Longya said, 'As for approving, I do approve of them, but furthermore there is no intention of the ancestral teacher.'" Foguo said: "This mountain monk would not do so. As for approving, I have not yet approved, and furthermore there is no intention of the ancestral teacher coming from the west." Chan Master Fori Gao's verse says: / "Ziqing did not bow down to the Chanyu; / From beginning to end he constantly complied with the etiquette of the Han Emperor. / Only after the snow is the integrity of the pine and cypress known; / Only in difficult circumstances is a true hero seen." / Xuedou consistently disparaged him. Zhenru Zhe said: "Cuiwei and Linji may be called masters of the fundamental share; Longya equally parts the grass to gaze upon the wind, serving for later people as a tortoise and a mirror." Citing the monk's question after [Longya] took up residence, he then said: "Longya looked ahead and behind, dispensing medicine according to the illness. Dagui would not do so. Waiting until asked whether the two venerable elders were clear or not in the beginning, he would strike right across the back with a stick, not only upholding Cuiwei and Linji, but also not disappointing the questioner." Wansong says: Zhenru is precisely a hammer under the Linji lineage, unable to let anything pass. If you want to see Longya's talisman behind the elbow, you must have the eyes of Tiantong of the same lineage. The verse says: