釋鑑稽古略續集 3.231

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禺川禪師　諱真慧。號禺川。姓符。雉城人。侍鏡空於鹿山寺。手書法華經十二部。分供諸剎。禮清淨三業。積久應感。智慧超越。往天池參玉芝。授以萬法公案。一心參究。書無常二字於几上。手持戒拍以擎昏散。久久醒發。芝為印可。後首眾於飛英荊山法席。罹縣令之窘。守戒而終。偈曰。何時種下無明苦。聚會今來受折磨。痛痛未能空色蘊。閒閒猶自覺安和。天花不向空中散。更鼓偏從月裏撾。分受誰能逃定業。此身生死任由他。年四十六。有禺川稿。

Chan Master Yuchuan: taboo name Zhenhui, art name Yuchuan, surnamed Fu, a native of Zhicheng. He attended Jingkong at Lushan Monastery and hand-copied twelve sets of the Lotus Sūtra to distribute as offerings to various monasteries. He paid homage to purify the three karmas, and after a long time, resonance occurred and his wisdom became transcendent. He went to Tianchi to study under Yuzhi, who gave him the gongan of the "Ten Thousand Dharmas"; he investigated it with one mind. He wrote the two characters "impermanence" upon his table, and held a disciplinary clapper in his hand to ward off torpor and distraction. After a long time, he was awakened, and Zhi gave him his confirmation. Later, he served as the head monk in the Dharma assemblies of Feiying and Jingshan. Beset by the harassment of the county magistrate, he maintained the precepts until his death. His verse said: / "When were the sufferings of ignorance sown, / Gathering now to bring such torment? / In pain, I have not yet emptied the aggregate of form; / In leisure, I still feel peaceful and harmonious. / Heavenly flowers are not scattered into the void; / Night watch drums beat especially within the moon. / Who can escape allotted fixed karma? / As for life and death, let this body take its course." / He was forty-six years old. There is the Yuchuan Draft.