釋氏稽古略 3.389

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魏府今大名路也。興化禪師。名存獎。本府人。帝詔入內。執弟子禮以事師。一日問曰。朕收復中原得一明珠。未有人酧價。師曰。請陛下珠看。帝以手舒幞頭脚。師曰。君王之寶誰敢酧價。帝悅賜紫衣師號。師皆不受。乃賜馬使乘之。墜地損一足。帝復賜醫。師喚院主與我做箇木枴子。師接得遶院行。問僧曰。汝等還識老僧麼。眾曰爭得不識和尚。師曰。跛脚法師說得行不得。至法堂令維那聲鐘眾集。師曰。還識老僧麼。眾無對。師擲下枴子端坐而逝。勅諡廣濟禪師。師嗣臨濟玄禪師（傳燈錄）。

Wei Prefecture is now Daming Circuit. Chan Master Xinghua, named Cunjiang, was a native of this prefecture. The Emperor summoned him into the palace and served him with the etiquette of a disciple. One day the Emperor asked, saying, "I have recovered the Central Plains and obtained a bright pearl, yet no one has priced it." The Master said, "May Your Majesty show me the pearl." The Emperor stretched out the foot of his headcloth with his hands. The Master said, "Who would dare to set a price on the lord's treasure?" The Emperor was delighted and bestowed upon him a purple robe and a master's title. The Master did not accept either. Thereupon [the Emperor] bestowed a horse for him to ride. Falling to the ground, he injured one foot. The Emperor again provided a physician. The Master called the director of the cloister: "Make me a wooden crutch." Receiving it, the Master walked around the cloister and asked the monks, saying, "Do you still know this old monk?" The assembly said, "How could we not recognize the master?" The Master said, "A lame-footed Dharma master can speak of it, but cannot walk it." When he reached the Dharma hall, he ordered the karmadāna to strike the bell to assemble the community. The Master said, "Do you still know this old monk?" The assembly made no reply. The Master threw down his crutch, sat upright, and passed away. By imperial order, he was posthumously titled Chan Master Guangji. The Master was the dharma heir of Chan Master Linji Xuan (*Transmission of the Lamp*).