[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大明高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062) › 8.18 # 大明高僧傳 8.18 大明高僧傳 8.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.8.18) 釋祖先字破庵。廣安王氏子也。幼歲出家力參祖道。夜不安寢。一衲隨身。聞密庵大弘臨濟之宗。遂腰包參謁。密庵知是大器深加錐拶。一日密庵上堂示眾。忽有省。後密庵住靈隱。命師分座。偶有道者問曰。猢猻捉不住時奈何。師曰。用捉作什麼。如風吹水自然成文。有講楞嚴座主。求示。師說偈曰。見猶離見非真見。還盡八還無可還。木落秋空山骨露。不知誰識老瞿曇。時有石田法薰參師。舉世尊拈花迦葉微笑話詰之。薰對曰。焦磚打破連底凍。赤眼撞著火柴頭。師頷之。後出世為嗣法焉。 > Śramaṇa Shi Zuxian, styled Po'an, was a son of the Wang family of Guang'an. He went forth from home in his youth and vigorously investigated the patriarchal Way, unable to rest peacefully at night, clad only in a single patched robe. Hearing that Mi'an was greatly promoting the Linji lineage, he packed his baggage and went to call on him. Mi'an recognized him as a vessel of great capacity and pressed him with rigorous drilling. One day, when Mi'an ascended the hall to instruct the assembly, Zuxian suddenly had an awakening. Later, when Mi'an resided at Lingyin, he ordered the Master to share the seat. An itinerant practitioner happened to ask, "What should one do when the monkey cannot be caught?" The Master said, "Why catch it? When the wind blows across water, ripples naturally form." A lecturing master of the Śūraṅgama-sūtra asked for instruction. The Master spoke a gāthā, saying: / "Seeing is still apart from seeing, yet not true seeing; / Though the eight returns are fully returned, there is nothing to return. / Leaves fall into the autumn sky and the mountain's bones are bared; / Who knows whether anyone recognizes old Gautama?" / At that time, Shitian Faxun called upon the Master, who questioned him by raising the case of the Bhagavat holding up a flower and Kāśyapa smiling. Xun replied, "A burnt brick is smashed, cracking the frost right down to the base; / Red eyes collide with the flaming head of firewood." The Master nodded. Later, \[Faxun\] appeared in the world and became his Dharma heir. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.8.17) - [Next: 8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.8.19) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062~en-mt.8.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [續傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.35.17) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.8.18) · Pramāṇa