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舒州（今安慶也）白雲禪師。名守端衡陽葛氏子。幼事翰墨冠依茶陵郁禪師披剃。往參楊歧。歧一日忽問。受業師為誰。師曰茶陵郁和尚。歧曰。吾聞伊過橋遭𨈀有省作偈能記否。師誦曰。我有明珠一顆。久被塵勞關鎖。今朝塵盡光生。照破山河萬朵。歧笑而。趨起。師愕然通夜不寐。黎明咨詢之。適歲暮。歧曰。汝見昨日打驅儺者麼。曰見。歧曰。汝一籌不及渠。師復駭曰。意旨如何。歧曰。渠愛人笑汝怕人笑。師大悟。巾侍久之辭遊廬山。圓通訥禪師舉師住承天。聲名籍甚。又遜居圓通。次徙法華龍門興化海會。所至眾如雲集。至是熙寧五年入寂壽四十八歲。嗣楊岐會。會嗣慈明圓禪師（僧寶錄）。

Chan Master Baiyun of Shuzhou (now Anqing) was named Shouduan, a son of the Ge family of Hengyang. In his youth he practiced calligraphy and literature, and upon capping, he relied on Chan Master Chaling Yu to tonsure and shave his head. He went to study under Yangqi. One day Yangqi suddenly asked, 'Who was your tonsure master?' The Master said, 'Venerable Chaling Yu.' Yangqi said, 'I heard that when he crossed the bridge and suffered a stumble, he had an awakening and composed a verse. Can you recite it?' The Master recited: / 'I have a luminous pearl, / Long locked away by worldly dust. / Today the dust is gone and the light comes forth, / Illumination breaking through the myriad mountain peaks.' / Yangqi laughed and hastily stood up. The Master was astonished and could not sleep the whole night. At dawn he went to inquire about it. It happened to be the end of the year. Yangqi said, 'Did you see the exorcist performers yesterday?' He said, 'I saw them.' Yangqi said, 'You are inferior to them by a tally.' The Master was frightened again and said, 'What does this mean?' Yangqi said, 'They love to have people laugh; you fear to have people laugh.' The Master was greatly enlightened. After serving as attendant for a long time, he took leave to travel to Mount Lu. Chan Master Yuantong Ne recommended the Master to reside at Chengtian, and his renown spread widely. He also yielded the residence at Yuantong, and subsequently moved to Fahua, Longmen, Xinghua, and Haihui. Wherever he went, the crowd gathered like clouds. At this point, in the fifth year of Xining, he entered nirvāṇa at the age of forty-eight. He was the Dharma heir of Yangqi Hui; Hui was the heir of Chan Master Ciming Yuan (Sengbao lu).