禪林寶訓 3.38

3.38

山堂同韓尚書子蒼萬菴顏首座賢真牧。避難于雲門菴。韓公因問萬菴。近聞被李成兵吏所執。何計得脫。萬菴曰。昨被執縛。饑凍連日。自度必死矣。偶大雪埋屋。其所繫屋壁無故崩倒。是夜幸脫者百餘人。公曰。正被所執時如何排遣。萬菴不對。公再詰之。萬菴曰。此何足道。吾輩學道以義為質。有死而已。何所懼乎。公頷之。因知前輩涉世禍害死生皆有處斷矣（真牧集）。

Shantang, together with Minister Han Zicang, Wan'an, Head Monk Yan, and Xian Zhenmu, took refuge from the troubles at Yunmen Hermitage. Lord Han asked Wan'an: “I heard recently that you were seized by the soldiers of Li Cheng. By what means did you manage to escape?” Wan'an replied: “Yesterday when I was bound in captivity, starving and freezing for days on end, I judged that I was certain to die. By chance a great snowfall buried the building, and the wall of the house where I was bound collapsed without apparent cause. That night, more than a hundred people fortunately escaped.” The Lord asked: “At the very moment you were held captive, how did you dismiss [the fear] from your mind?” Wan'an did not answer. The Lord questioned him again. Wan'an said: “What is there in this worth speaking of? We who study the Way take righteousness as our foundation; there is only death, so what is there to fear?” The Lord nodded at this. From this it is known that when our predecessors encountered worldly disasters, life, and death, all had their proper resolution (Zhenmu ji).