神僧傳 6.16

6.16

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。初閭丘入寺放問寒山。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。編成一集。人多諷誦。至有庭際何所有白雲抱幽石之句云。

Hanshanzi (the Master of Cold Mountain) was regarded by the world as a poor wretch and a madman who could not be judged by ordinary standards. He lived in seclusion seventy li west of Shifeng County in Tiantai, at a place called the Two Caves of Cold and Dark. He constantly dwelled in a secluded cave at Cold Rock, making it his fixed abode. He would occasionally come to Guoqing Monastery, where there was Shide. The monastery monks had placed Shide in charge of the dining hall, and he regularly gathered the leftover food and vegetable scraps of the monks, cut large bamboos into tubes, and stored them inside. Whenever Hanshanzi came, he would shoulder them and leave. Sometimes he walked slowly under the veranda, sometimes he shouted and harassed people, or sometimes he gazed into the void and shouted abuse. When the monastery monks could not endure him and drove him away with sticks, he would turn round, clap his hands, laugh heartily, and amble off. Yet his hempen jacket was ragged, his face gaunt and withered; he wore a cap of birch bark and dragged along large wooden clogs. At times, the words he uttered were entirely pertinent, turning back to Buddhist principles. Earlier, when Lüqiu entered the monastery and inquired about Hanshan, the śramaṇa Daoqiao replied: "This man has a madness. He originally lived among the Cold Rocks and is fond of chanting verses and gāthās, but his words are unpredictable—whether good or bad can never be determined. He is friends with the temple laborer Shide, and their conversation when together cannot be fully understood." When the monastery monks saw the prefect bow to them, they said in astonishment: "Why does a high official pay homage to madmen?" Arm in arm, the two laughed arrogantly and left the monastery. Lüqiu went again to Cold Rock to pay his respects and sent garments and medicines. But [Hanshan] shouted aloud, saying: "Thieves, my thieves, retreat!" and shrank back into a fissure in the rock. He said again: "I report to you all: make efforts, each of you!" The fissure in the rock closed up seamlessly, leaving no trace behind. [Lüqiu] then ordered the monk Daoqiao to search for his remaining works. Only in the woods, where poems and eulogies had been written on leaves, and from copies taken down from the walls of houses in village hamlets, did he obtain over two hundred pieces. These were compiled into a collection, which many people chant, including the verse: "What is there in the courtyard? / White clouds embrace the secluded stone."