大明高僧傳 5.30

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釋道元號徹菴。綿州鄧氏子也。幼於降寂寺出家受具。謁大別道公。令看廓然無聖之語。忽爾失笑曰。達磨元來在這裏。道公命參佛鑑佛眼皆蒙賞識。又投金山見圓悟呈所見處。悟弗許。值悟被詔居雲居。元從之。雖有所入。終以鯁胸之物未散。因悟問僧。生死到來時如何。僧曰。香臺子笑和尚。次問及元。汝作麼生。元曰。草賊大敗。悟曰。有人問汝時如何。元擬答。悟憑陵曰。草賊大敗。元大徹。悟以拳擊之。元拊掌大笑。悟曰。汝見甚麼便如此。曰毒拳未報永劫不忘。

Shi Daoyuan was styled Che'an. He was a native of the Deng family of Mianzhou. In his youth, he left home and received full ordination at Jiangji Monastery. He visited Master Dabie Dao, who had him contemplate the phrase 'Vast and void, with nothing holy.' Suddenly, he burst into laughter and said, 'Bodhidharma was actually right here all along!' Master Dao instructed him to study under Fojian and Foyan, and both appreciated him. He also went to Jinshan to see Yuanwu and presented his view. Yuanwu did not accept it. When Yuanwu was summoned by imperial decree to reside at Yunju, Yuan followed him. Although he had some realization, the obstruction in his chest had ultimately not dispersed. Then Yuanwu asked a monk, 'When birth-and-death arrives, what then?' The monk said, 'The incense stand laughs at the venerable monk.' Next, he asked Yuan, 'What about you?' Yuan said, 'The grass-bandits are utterly defeated.' Yuanwu said, 'When someone asks you, what then?' Yuan was about to reply, when Yuanwu pressed upon him, saying, 'The grass-bandits are utterly defeated!' Yuan had a great penetration. Yuanwu struck him with his fist. Yuan clapped his hands and laughed heartily. Yuanwu said, 'What did you see that makes you act like this?' He said, 'The poisonous fist has not yet been repaid; I will never forget it for eternal kalpas.'