佛祖歷代通載 18.93

18.93

（四十一）　雲峯文悅禪師南昌人。生於徐氏。七歲剃髮於龍興寺。短小粹美。有精識。年十九策杖遊江淮。至筠州大愚。見屋老僧殘荒涼如傳舍。芝自提笠。日走市井。暮歸閉關。高枕悅無留意焉。欲裝包發去。將行而雨雨止。芝陞座。曰大家相聚喫莖虀。喚作一莖虀入地獄如箭射。下座。無他語。悅大駭。夜造丈室。芝曰。來何所求。曰求佛心法。芝曰。法輪不轉食輪先轉。後生趁有色力。何不為眾乞食。我忍飢不暇。暇為汝說法乎。悅不違。即請行。及還移住西山翠岩。悅又往依之。夜詣丈室。芝曰。又欲求佛心法乎。汝不念乍住屋壁疎漏。又寒雪。我日夜望汝來為眾營炭。我忍寒不能。能為汝說法乎。悅又不敢違。入城化炭還。時維那缺。悅夜造丈室。芝曰。佛法不怕爛却堂司一職今以煩汝。悅不得語而出。明日鳴犍椎堅請。悅有難色。拜起欲棄去。業已勤勞久因中止。然恨芝不去心。地坐後架。架下東破桶。盆自架而墮。忽開悟。頓見芝從前用處。走搭伽梨上寢堂。芝迎笑曰。維那且喜大事了畢。悅再拜汗下。不及吐一詞而去。服勤八年而芝歿。東游三吳。所至叢林改觀。雪竇顯禪師尤敬畏之。每集眾茶橫。設特榻示禮異之。南昌移文請住翠峯。又遷雲峯嘉祐七年七月八日陞座。辭眾說偈曰。住世六十六年。為僧五十九夏。禪流若問旨歸。鼻孔大頭向下。遂泊然而化。闍維得五色舍利。塔於禹溪之北（余如傳燈）。

(41) Chan Master Wenyue of Yunfeng was a native of Nanchang, born into the Xu family. At the age of seven, he had his head shaved at Longxing Temple. He was short, pure, and handsome, and possessed refined insight. At nineteen, leaning on a staff, he traveled through the Jiang and Huai regions. Reaching Dayu in Yunzhou, he saw that the buildings were decrepit, the monks few, and the place as desolate as a post-house. [Fuyan] Zhi carried his own bamboo hat, walked through the markets daily, returned at dusk to shut his doors, and slept high on his pillow. Yue had no intention of staying; he wanted to pack his bags and depart. Just as he was about to leave, it rained; when the rain stopped, Zhi ascended the hall and said, "Everyone gathered together eating a stem of pickled vegetables—if you call it a single stem of pickled vegetables, you will fall into hell as swift as a shot arrow!" He stepped down from the seat with no other words. Yue was greatly astounded. That night he went to the Abbot's quarters. Zhi said, "What have you come seeking?" Yue said, "I seek the mind-Dharma of the Buddha." Zhi said, "The wheel of the Dharma does not turn; the wheel of food turns first. You young person, while you have physical strength, why not beg for food on behalf of the assembly? I have no leisure enduring hunger; do I have leisure to preach the Dharma to you?" Yue did not disobey and immediately requested to go. When he returned, [Zhi] moved to dwell at Cuiyan in Xishan. Yue again went to rely upon him. At night he went to the Abbot's quarters. Zhi said, "Do you again wish to seek the mind-Dharma of the Buddha? Do you not consider that having newly taken up residence, the walls of the buildings are gapped and leaky, and moreover it is cold and snowing? Day and night I have been hoping you would come to provide charcoal for the assembly. I cannot endure the cold; can I preach the Dharma to you?" Yue again did not dare to disobey; he entered the city, raised charcoal through alms, and returned. At that time, the position of karmadāna (weina) was vacant. Yue went to the Abbot's quarters at night. Zhi said, "The Buddha-Dharma is not afraid of rotting away; as for this office of the hall administration, I now trouble you with it." Yue could say nothing and left. The next day, the gandi was sounded to firmly request him. Yue looked troubled; he bowed, stood up, and wished to abandon it and leave, but having already laboured diligently for so long, he stopped. Yet resentment against Zhi did not leave his mind. When sitting on the ground beneath the rear rack, there was a broken barrel beneath the rack. A basin fell of its own accord from the rack. Suddenly he had an awakening, and abruptly understood all of Zhi's previous expedient devices. He ran, donned his saṃghāṭī, and went up to the sleeping hall. Zhi welcomed him with a smile, saying, "Karmadāna, rejoice that the great matter is thoroughly completed!" Yue bowed twice, dripping with sweat, and left before he could utter a single word. He served him diligently for eight years until Zhi died. He traveled east through Sanwu; wherever he went, monasteries took on a new appearance. Chan Master Xuedou Chongxian particularly respected and stood in awe of him. Whenever gathering the assembly for tea, he would set out a special couch to show his extraordinary courtesy. Nanchang dispatched an official document requesting him to reside at Cuifeng, and later he moved to Yunfeng. On the eighth day of the seventh month in the seventh year of the Jiayou reign-era [1062], he ascended the seat to bid farewell to the assembly and spoke a verse:
"Dwelling in the world for sixty-six years, / A monk for fifty-nine summers. / If followers of Chan ask the ultimate aim, / The large head of the nostrils points downward."
Thereupon he peacefully passed away. The cremation yielded five-colored relics, and a stupa was erected north of Yu Stream. (The rest is as in the Records of the Transmission of the Lamp.)