[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) › 4.238 # 釋氏稽古略 4.238 釋氏稽古略 4.238 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.238) 靈源禪師惟清。參承晦堂心禪師於黃龍。清侍者之名著聞叢林。至是元祐七年。無盡居士張公漕江西欽慕之。檄分寧邑官。同諸山勸請出世於隆興觀音。其命嚴甚。時清寓興化。不得已遂親出投偈辭免曰。無地無錐徹骨貧。利生深愧乏餘珍。廛中大施門難啟。乞與青山養病身。黃太史魯直憂居里閭。有手帖與興化海老曰。承觀音虛席。上司甚有意於清兄。清兄確欲不行亦甚好。蟠桃三千年一熟。莫做退花杏子摘却。此事黃龍興化。亦當作助道之緣共出一臂。莫送人上樹拔却梯也（林間錄）。瑩仲溫羅湖錄贊曰。江西法道盛於元祐間。蓋彈壓叢林者眼高耳。況遴選之禮優異如此。靈源以偈力辭。而太史以簡美之得非有所激而云。 > Chan Master Lingyuan Weiqing studied under Chan Master Huitang Xin at Huanglong. Qing's name as an attendant was widely known throughout the monasteries. Coming to this point in the seventh year of the Yuanyou era, Lord Zhang Wujin, serving as transport commissioner in Jiangxi, admired him. He issued orders to the magistrate of Fenning to join the various monasteries in urging him to assume the abbacy at Guanyin in Longxing. The command was extremely strict. At that time Qing was residing at Xinghua; having no other choice, he personally came forth and submitted a gāthā to decline, saying: "Without ground and without an awl, I am poor to the very bone; / Greatly ashamed to lack surplus gems to benefit living beings. / In the midst of the marketplace the gate of great giving is hard to open; / I beg to be granted the green mountains to nurse my sickly body." Imperial Historian Huang Luzhi, residing in his home district during mourning, wrote a personal note to Old Hai of Xinghua, saying: "I understand that Guanyin has a vacant seat, and the superiors are very keen on Brother Qing. If Brother Qing is determined not to go, that is also very fine. The flat peach ripens once in three thousand years; do not pick it like an apricot that has just dropped its blossoms. In this matter, Huanglong and Xinghua should also serve as conditions aiding the Way and lend a hand together; do not send someone up a tree and then pull away the ladder." (Linjian lu). Ying Zhongwen's Luohu lu praised: "The Buddhist Dharma in Jiangxi flourished during the Yuanyou era, largely because those who oversaw the monasteries had high discernment. How much more so when the courtesy shown in selecting masters was so exceptional! Lingyuan declined forcefully with a gāthā, and the Imperial Historian praised him with a note—could it be that they were speaking out of some inner agitation?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.237](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.237) - [Next: 4.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.239) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.4.238) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.238) · Pramāṇa