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石霜　潭州石霜山禪師。名慶諸。江西吉州新滏陳氏。依洪井西山紹鑾禪師落髮。詣洛下習毘尼教。抵溈山充米頭。一日溈山拾一粒米謂師曰。莫輕這一粒。百千粒從這一粒生。師曰。百千粒從這一粒生。未審這一粒從甚處生。溈山呵呵大笑便歸方丈。至晚上堂曰米裏有蟲。諸人好看。後參道吾智禪師。密契心要。後因避世混俗於長沙劉陽陶家坊。人莫識者。因僧舉洞山解制上堂。秋初夏末兄弟東去西去。直須向萬里無寸草處去。師曰。出門便是草。洞山聞之乃云。此是一千五百人善知識語。師因此聲名馳露。帝聞師道譽賜紫衣。辭不受。至是光啟三年入寂。葬院之西北隅。勅諡普會大師。嗣道吾宗智智嗣藥山儼。儼嗣石頭遷。遷嗣青原思（傳燈錄）。

Shishuang. Chan Master Shishuang of Mount Shishuang in Tan Prefecture was named Qingzhu. He was of the Chen family of Xinfu in Ji Prefecture, Jiangxi. He shaved his head under Chan Master Shaoluan of Xishan in Hongjing. He went to Luoyang to study the Vinaya teachings. Arriving at Guishan, he served as the grain keeper. One day, Guishan picked up a grain of rice and said to the Master, 'Do not slight this single grain; hundreds of thousands of grains are born from this single grain.' The Master said, 'Hundreds of thousands of grains are born from this single grain, but I wonder where this single grain was born from?' Guishan laughed heartily and returned to his abbot's quarters. That evening, ascending the hall, he said, 'There is an insect inside the rice. You should all look closely.' Later, he studied under Chan Master Daowu Zhi, secretly chiming with the essential mind. Afterwards, seeking to escape the world, he mingled with the common folk at the Tao Family Workshop in Liuyang, Changsha, where no one recognized him. Because a monk cited Dongshan's sermon on concluding the retreat: 'At the beginning of autumn and the end of summer, brothers go east and go west; you must go straight to the place where there is not an inch of grass for ten thousand miles,' the Master said, 'Stepping out the door, there is already grass!' When Dongshan heard of this, he said, 'These are the words of a good friend to fifteen hundred people.' Because of this, the Master's reputation spread widely. The Emperor heard of the Master's virtuous reputation and bestowed a purple robe upon him; he declined and would not accept it. Arriving at the third year of Guangqi, he passed into quiescence and was buried in the northwest corner of the cloister. By imperial order, he was posthumously granted the title 'Great Master Puhui.' He was the dharma heir of Daowu Zongzhi; Zhi was the dharma heir of Yaoshan Yan; Yan was the dharma heir of Shitou Qian; Qian was the dharma heir of Qingyuan Si (Record of the Transmission of the Lamp).