人天眼目 1.2

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予遊方時。所至盡誠。咨扣尊宿五宗綱要。其間件目。往往亦有所未知者。因慨念。既據師位。而綱宗語句。尚不知其名。況旨訣乎。將何以啟迪後昆。剔抉疑膜邪。於是有意於綱要。幾二十年矣。或見於遺編。或得於斷碣。或聞尊宿稱提。或獲老衲垂頌。凡是五宗綱要者。即筆而藏諸。雖成巨軸。第未暇詳定。晚抵天台萬年山寺。始償其志。編次類列。分為五宗。名之曰人天眼目。其辭皆一。依前輩所作。弗敢增損。然是集也。乃從上諸大老利物施為。既非予胸臆之論。俾行於世。有何誚焉。若其執拂柄據師位者。外是則無以辯驗邪正也。有識博聞者。必垂印可。

When I was travelling on pilgrimage, wherever I arrived I gave my utmost sincerity to inquire of and consult venerable elders regarding the essential guidelines of the Five Houses. Among these items, there were often things that were not yet known even to them. Thereupon I sighed and reflected: 'Having occupied the master's seat, if one still does not know the names of the lines and phrases of the cardinal principles of the lineages, how much less their essential keys! How will one guide later generations and peel away the film of doubt?' Therefore, my mind was set upon these essential guidelines for nearly twenty years. Some I saw in surviving records, some I obtained from broken stone tablets, some I heard venerable elders cite and bring forward, and some I acquired from old monks offering verses. Whenever there were essential guidelines of the Five Houses, I immediately wrote them down and preserved them. Although they grew into voluminous scrolls, I simply had not had the leisure to edit and settle them in detail. Late in life, upon reaching Wannianshan Temple on Mount Tiantai, I first fulfilled my aspiration, compiling and categorising them into the Five Houses, entitling it *The Eye of Humans and Gods*. Its expressions are entirely uniform, adhering to what earlier generations composed, without daring to add or subtract anything. However, as this collection consists of the activities deployed by the great elders of the past to benefit beings and is by no means the concoction of my own mind, in having it circulate in the world, what blame could there be? As for those who grasp the handle of the whisk and occupy the master's seat, outside of this they will have no means to discern and verify the false and the true. Those who possess discernment and broad learning will surely grant their seal of approval.