大明高僧傳 8.12

8.12

釋安永號木庵。閩縣吳氏子也。永生具道質行止肅然。身汩愛纏心懷遐舉。弱冠薙髮高標物外。聞有別傳之道。乃謁懶菴禪師於雲門。入室之際菴顧而問曰。不問有言不問無言。世尊良久。不得向世尊良久處會。隨後便喝。永倏然契悟。諸人未得箇入處須得箇入處。既得箇入處不得忘却老僧。永曰。恁麼說話面皮厚多少。木菴則不然。諸人未得箇入處須得箇入處。既得箇入處直須揚下入處始得。凡所說法簡明如此。時有安分菴主。少與永共隷業於安國。後永偕依懶菴不契。辭謁大慧於徑山。行次錢塘江干。仰瞻宮闕忽聞街司喝侍郎來。分忽大悟偈曰。幾年個事掛胸懷。問盡諸方眼不開。肝膽此時俱裂破。一聲江上侍郎來。竟回西禪。懶菴迎之付以伽梨衣。自爾不規所寓。後庵居劍門。化被嶺表。學者從之。

Śramaṇa Shi Anyong, styled Mu'an, was a son of the Wu family of Min County. Born endowed with the capacity for the Dao, Yong's conduct was solemn. Though his body was caught in the tangles of affection, his mind cherished rising far above. At age twenty he shaved his head, standing high outside worldly things. Hearing of the way of the special transmission, he called upon Chan Master Lan'an at Yunmen. When he entered the room, Lan'an looked at him and asked: 'Not asking about having words, not asking about having no words—the Bhagavat remained silent for a good while. You must not understand it from the place where the Bhagavat remained silent for a good while.' Immediately following this he shouted. Yong suddenly accorded and awakened. [Lan'an said:] 'Those who have not yet obtained an entry must obtain an entry. Once having obtained an entry, you must not forget this old monk.' Yong said: 'Talking like this, how thick is your face? Mu'an, however, is not so: Those who have not yet obtained an entry must obtain an entry. Once having obtained an entry, they must straightaway cast off the entry before it counts.' Whenever he expounded the Dharma, it was concise and clear like this. At that time there was Hermitage Master Anfen. When young, he and Yong had studied together at Anguo. Later, Yong accompanied him to rely on Lan'an, but did not tally [with him]. He took his leave to call upon Dahui at Mount Jing. Walking along the bank of the Qiantang River, he looked up at the palace gates, and suddenly heard the street officer shouting: 'The Vice Minister arrives!' Fen suddenly had a great awakening, and spoke a verse: 'For how many years has this matter hung in my chest? / Having questioned all directions, my eyes did not open. / At this moment, liver and gall both split apart; / With a single shout upon the river, the Vice Minister arrives!' He went straight back to Xichan. Lan'an welcomed him and transmitted the saṅghāṭī robe to him. From then on he had no fixed dwelling. Later he resided in a hermitage at Jianmen, his transformation covering the region beyond the ridges, and students followed him.