宋高僧傳 19.26

19.26

寒山子者，世謂為貧子風狂之士，弗可恒度推之。隱天台始豐縣西七十里，號為寒、暗二巖，每於寒巖幽窟中居之，以為定止。時來國清寺。有拾得者，寺僧令知食堂，恒時收拾眾僧殘食菜滓，斷巨竹為筒，投藏于內。若寒山子來，即負而去。或廊下徐行，或時叫噪凌人，或望空曼罵。寺僧不耐，以杖逼逐，翻身撫掌，呵呵徐退。然其布襦零落，面貌枯瘁，以樺皮為冠，曳大木屐。或發辭氣，宛有所歸，歸于佛理。初閭丘入寺訪問寒山，沙門道翹對曰：「此人狂病，本居寒巖間，好吟詞偈，言語不常，或臧或否，終不可知。與寺行者拾得以為交友，相聚言說，不可詳悉。」寺僧見太守拜之，驚曰：「大官何禮風狂夫耶？」二人連臂笑傲出寺。閭丘復往寒巖謁問，并送衣裳藥物，而高聲倡言曰：「賊我賊。」退便身縮入巖石穴縫中，復曰：「報汝諸人，各各努力。」其石穴縫泯然而合，杳無蹤跡。乃令僧道翹尋其遺物，唯於林間綴葉書詞頌并村墅人家屋壁所抄錄，得二百餘首，今編成一集，人多諷誦。後曹山寂禪師注解，謂之《對寒山子詩》——以其本無氏族，越民唯呼為寒山子。至有「庭際何所有，白雲抱幽石」句，歷然雅體。今巖下有石，亭亭而立，號「幽石」焉。

As for Hanshanzi, the world regarded him as a poor, mad fellow, who could not be measured by ordinary standards. He lived in seclusion seventy leagues west of Shifeng County in Tiantai, at a place called the Two Cliffs of Cold and Dark; he always resided in a secluded cavern in the Cold Cliff, taking it as his fixed dwelling. He occasionally came to Guoqing Temple. There was one named Shide, whom the temple monks assigned to manage the refectory. Shide constantly gathered the leftover food and vegetable scraps of the monks, hollowed out a large bamboo into a tube, and threw them inside to store them. When Hanshanzi came, he would carry it away on his back. Sometimes he walked slowly along the corridors, sometimes he shouted and harassed people, and sometimes he looked into the void and cursed incessantly. The temple monks, unable to bear it, drove him away with sticks; he would turn around, clap his hands, laugh loudly, and slowly retreat. His cloth jacket was ragged and torn, his face was withered and emaciated, he wore a cap made of birch bark, and he dragged along large wooden clogs. Yet whenever he uttered words, they always seemed to return to something profound, returning to Buddhist principles. At first, when Lüqiu entered the temple to inquire about Hanshan, the śramaṇa Daoqiao replied: "This man suffers from madness. He originally lived among the Cold Cliffs and is fond of reciting verses and gāthās. His words are unpredictable—whether praising or blaming, one can never tell. He is friends with the temple postulant Shide; when they gather and converse, it cannot be understood in detail." Seeing the prefect bow to them, the temple monks said in shock: "Why should a high official pay homage to madmen?" The two linked arms, laughing proudly, and left the temple. Lüqiu went again to Cold Cliff to pay his respects and sent clothing and medicines. Hanshan loudly proclaimed: "Thief! You are my thief!" Stepping back, he shrank his body into a crevice in the cliff rock and added: "I declare to all of you: strive diligently, each and every one!" The crevice in the rock closed seamlessly, leaving no trace behind. Lüqiu then ordered the monk Daoqiao to search for his remaining works. Daoqiao only collected what was written on leaves strung together in the woods and inscribed on the walls of village houses, obtaining over two hundred poems, which are now compiled into a single collection and recited by many. Later, Dhyāna Master Caoshan Ji wrote a commentary on it, calling it "Verses on Hanshanzi's Poetry"—because he had no clan or surname, the people of Yue merely called him Hanshanzi. As in the lines: "What is there in the courtyard? / White clouds embrace the secluded stone"—it is clearly in an elegant style. Today beneath the cliff stands an erect rock, which is called the "Secluded Stone."