禪林寶訓 2.70

2.70

圓極岑和尚跋云。佛世之遠正宗淡薄。澆漓風行無所不至。前輩凋謝後生無聞。叢林典刑幾至掃地。縱有扶救之者。返以為王蠻子也。今觀疎山本禪師。辯佞詞遠而意廣。深切著明極能箴其病。第妄庸輩智識暗短醉心於邪佞之域。必以醍醐為毒藥也（叢林盛事）。

Venerable Yuanji Cen wrote a colophon saying: 'As we are far from the Buddha's time, the orthodox lineage has grown faint; the frivolous and degenerate trends prevail, leaving no place untouched. The predecessors have withered away, and the younger generation has nothing to be known for; the exemplary models of the monastic grove have almost been swept to the ground. Even if there are those who rescue and support it, people conversely treat them as "Barbarian Wang." Now viewing Chan Master Ben of Shushan's "Disputing Flattery," the words are far-reaching and the meaning expansive; it is profound, clear, and thoroughly capable of admonishing their illness. But foolish and mediocre people, with their dim and narrow understanding, are infatuated with the realm of evil and flattery, and will surely take the finest ghee to be poison' (from *Conglin Shengshi*).