[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [人天眼目](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006) › 3.4 # 人天眼目 3.4 人天眼目 3.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006.3.4) 僧問曹山五位君臣旨訣。山云。正位即屬空界。本來無物。偏位即色界。有萬形像。偏中正者。舍事入理。正中來者。背埋就事。兼帶者。冥應眾緣。不隨諸有。非染非淨。非正非偏。故曰虛玄大道無著真宗。從上先德。推此一位。最妙最玄。要當詳審辨明。君為正位。臣為偏位。臣向君是偏中正。君視臣是正中偏。君臣道合。是兼帶語。時有僧出問。如何是君。云妙德尊寰宇。高明朗太虛。如何是臣。云靈機弘聖道。真智利群生。如何是臣向君。云不墮諸異趣。凝情望聖容。如何是君視臣。云妙容雖不動。光燭本無偏。如何是君臣道合。云混然無內外。和融上下平。又曰。以君臣偏正言者。不欲犯中。故臣稱君不敢斥言是也。此吾法之宗要也。因作偈曰。學者先須識自宗。莫將真際雜頑空。妙明體盡知傷觸。力在逢緣不借中。出語直教燒不著。潛行須與古人同。無身有事超岐路。無事無身落始終。 > A monk asked Caoshan about the essential instructions of the Five Ranks of Lord and Vassal. Caoshan said, "The rank of the upright belongs to the realm of emptiness; fundamentally there is not a single thing. The rank of the partial belongs to the realm of form; there are myriad images. 'The upright within the partial' means setting aside phenomena to enter principle. 'Arriving from within the upright' means turning one's back on principle to approach phenomena. 'Integration' means implicitly responding to all conditions without following various existences, being neither defiled nor pure, neither upright nor partial. Therefore it is called the vacuous, abstruse Great Way, the non-attached true lineage. Forebears and past worthies from of old have exalted this single rank as the most wondrous and most abstruse. One must carefully examine and clearly distinguish it. The lord is the rank of the upright; the vassal is the rank of the partial. The vassal turning toward the lord is the upright within the partial. The lord looking upon the vassal is the partial within the upright. The Dao of lord and vassal harmonizing is the phrase of integration." Then a monk came forward and asked, "What is the lord?" Caoshan said, "Wondrous virtue honored throughout the realm; exalted brilliance illuminates the great void." "What is the vassal?" He said, "Numinous dynamic broadens the sacred Dao; true wisdom benefits all living beings." "What is the vassal turning toward the lord?" He said, "Not falling into different destinies, with gathered mind gazing at the sacred countenance." "What is the lord looking upon the vassal?" He said, "Though the wondrous countenance does not move, its illuminating light is fundamentally without partiality." "What is the Dao of lord and vassal harmonizing?" He said, "Confounded together without inside or outside, harmonious and blended, above and below are level." He also said, "Speaking in terms of lord and vassal, partial and upright, is because one does not wish to violate the center; thus when the vassal addresses the lord, he dares not speak directly. This is the cardinal essential of our Dharma." He then composed a gāthā: "Students must first recognize their own school; / Do not mix the true limit with inert voidness. / When the wondrous, bright essence is fully exhausted, know how to avoid injury and touch; / Power lies in facing conditions without borrowing from within. / Utter words in a way that truly cannot be burned; / In your hidden practice you must be identical to the ancients. / Having no body yet having affairs transcends divergent paths; / Having no affairs and having no body falls into beginning and end." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006.3.3) - [Next: 3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006.3.5) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006~en-mt.3.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006.3.4) · Pramāṇa