大明高僧傳 6.14

6.14

釋德光賜號佛照。臨江軍彭氏子也。志學之年即依本郡光化寺吉和尚薙髮受具。一日入室吉問曰。不是心不是佛不是物是個甚麼光。罔措通夕不寐。次日復登方丈請曰。昨蒙和尚垂問。既不是心不是佛又不是物畢竟是甚麼。望乞慈悲指示。吉乃震威喝曰。這沙彌更要我與儞下註脚在。拈棒劈脊打出。於是有省。次謁月菴杲應菴華百丈震。皆無所入。適大慧奉旨住明州阿育王。四海英才鱗集。光亦造焉入室。大慧舉竹篦問曰。喚作竹篦則觸。不喚作竹篦則背。不得下語不得無語。光擬對。大慧便棒。光豁然大悟。從前所得到此瓦解氷消。侍久之宋孝宗慕光道價降詔命住靈隱。一日召問對答稱旨。留宿內觀堂。後示寂。塔全身於東菴。

Shi Deguang, bestowed with the title Foyao, was a son of the Peng family of Linjiang Commandery. At the age when his will was set on learning, he shaved his hair and received full ordination under Master Ji of Guanghua Monastery in his native commandery. One day, entering the room, Ji asked him: 'It is not mind, it is not Buddha, it is not a thing; what is this?' Deguang was at a loss and could not sleep the whole night. The next day he went up to the abbot's quarters again and requested, saying: 'Yesterday I received your compassionate question: since it is not mind, not Buddha, and not a thing, what after all is it? I beg you to compassionately give instruction.' Ji then displayed his awe-inspiring presence, gave a shout, and said: 'Does this novice still want me to write foot-notes for you?' Taking up a stick, he struck him across the back and chased him out. Thereupon he had an awakening. Next, he visited Yue'an Guo, Ying'an Hua, and Baizhang Zhen, but found no entry with any of them. It happened that Dahui was ordered by imperial decree to reside at King Aśoka [Monastery] in Mingzhou. Outstanding talents from the four seas gathered like fish scales. Deguang also went there and entered the room. Dahui raised a bamboo spatula and asked, saying: 'If you call it a bamboo spatula, you touch [the truth]; if you do not call it a bamboo spatula, you turn your back [on it]. You cannot speak a word; you cannot be without words.' Deguang intended to reply, and Dahui immediately struck him with the stick. Deguang was thoroughly and greatly awakened. What he had attained before dissolved like tiles breaking and ice melting at this point. After attending him for a long time, Emperor Xiaozong of the Song admired Deguang's reputation in the Way and issued an imperial decree ordering him to reside at Lingyin. One day he was summoned and questioned; his responses matched the imperial intention, and he was kept overnight in the Neiguan Hall. Later he manifested quiescence. His whole body was stupaed at Dong'an.