[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) › [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037) › 3.200 # 釋氏稽古略 3.200 釋氏稽古略 3.200 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.200) 丁亥元和二年。詔信州（江東道）鵝湖山大義禪師。入麟德殿設齋。召諸大德論道。帝臨聽論義。有法師問。何謂四諦。師曰。聖上一帝三諦何在。又問欲界無禪。禪居色界。此土憑何而立。師曰。法師只知欲界無禪。不知禪界無欲。曰如何是禪義。以指點空。法師無對。帝曰。法師講無窮經論。只這一點尚不奈何。義却問眾。師曰。畢竟以何為道。有對知者是道。師曰。不可以智知。不可以識識。安得知者是道。有對無分別是道。師曰。善能分別諸法相。於第一義而不動。安得無分別是道。有對四禪八定是道。師曰。佛身無為不墮諸數。安得四禪八定是道。復有數人致對。義皆乘機為曉之。帝問曰。何者是佛性義。曰不離陛下所問。帝默契。由是益重禪宗。師衢州須江徐氏。嗣馬祖。元和十三年正月入寂。勅諡慧覺禪師（舊唐書傳燈錄）徑山舊祖圖曰。大義滏禪師。姓吳氏。 > In the second year of the Yuanhe era, year dinghai, an edict summoned Chan Master Dayi of Mount Ehu in Xinzhou (Jiangdong Circuit) into the Linde Hall to hold a vegetarian feast. Eminent monks (bhadanta) were gathered to discuss the Way, and the Emperor attended in person to listen to the debates on doctrines. A Dharma master asked: 'What are the Four Truths?' The Master said: 'The Sage Emperor is one emperor; where are the three truths?' \[The Dharma master\] also asked: 'There is no dhyāna in the desire realm; dhyāna abides in the form realm. Upon what is this land established?' The Master said: 'You only know that the desire realm has no dhyāna; you do not know that the realm of dhyāna has no desire.' \[The Dharma master\] asked: 'What is the meaning of Chan?' \[The Master\] pointed his finger into the empty air. The Dharma master had no reply. The Emperor said: 'The Dharma master lectures on endless sūtras and treatises, yet he can do nothing about this single point!' Yi then questioned the assembly. The Master said: 'In the end, what is considered the Way?' Someone answered: 'That which knows is the Way.' The Master said: 'It cannot be known through wisdom; it cannot be cognized through consciousness. How can you say that which knows is the Way?' Someone answered: 'Non-discrimination is the Way.' The Master said: 'Skillfully discriminating all characteristics of phenomena, yet remaining unmoved in the supreme truth—how can you say non-discrimination is the Way?' Someone answered: 'The four dhyānas and eight concentrations are the Way.' The Master said: 'The Buddha's body is unconditioned and does not fall into numbers. How can you say the four dhyānas and eight concentrations are the Way?' Several others offered answers, but Yi seized each occasion to enlighten them. The Emperor asked: 'What is the meaning of Buddha-nature?' \[Yi\] said: 'It is not separate from what Your Majesty asks.' The Emperor tacitly understood. From this time, he revered the Chan school all the more. The Master, surnamed Xu, was from Xujiang in Quzhou, and was a dharma heir of Mazu. In the first month of the thirteenth year of the Yuanhe era, he entered quiescence. An imperial decree bestowed the posthumous title 'Chan Master Huijue' (Old Book of Tang, Records of the Transmission of the Lamp). An old patriarchal chart of Mount Jingshan states: 'Chan Master Dayi Fu was surnamed Wu.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.199) - [Next: 3.201](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.201) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.3.200) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.4) — Classical Chinese - [景德傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.7.9) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.200) · Pramāṇa