景德傳燈錄 13.27

13.27

汝州首山省念禪師。萊州人也。姓狄氏。受業於本部南禪院。得法於風穴。初住首山為第一世。開堂日有僧問曰。師唱誰家曲。宗風嗣阿誰。師曰。少室巖前親掌視。僧曰。更請洪音和一聲。師曰。如今也要大家知。師謂眾曰。佛法付與國王大臣有力檀越。令燈燈相然相續不斷至于今日。大眾且道。相續箇什麼。師良久又曰。今日須是迦葉師兄始得。僧問如何是和尚家風。師曰。一言截斷千江口。萬仞峯前始得玄。問如何是首山境。師曰。一任眾人看。僧曰。如何是境中人。師曰。喫棒得也未。僧禮拜。師曰。且待別時。問如何是祖師西來意。師曰。風吹日炙。問從上諸聖向什麼處行履。師曰。牽犁拽杷。問古人拈槌竪拂意旨如何。師曰。孤峯無宿客。僧曰。未審意旨如何。師曰。不是守株人。問如何是菩提路。師曰此去襄縣五里。僧曰。向上事如何。師曰。往來不易。問諸聖說不盡處請師舉唱。師曰。萬里神光都一照。誰人敢並日輪齊。問一樹還開華也無。師曰。開來久矣。僧曰。未審還結子也無。師曰。昨夜遭霜了。問臨濟喝德山棒。未審明得什麼邊事。師曰。汝試道看。僧喝。師曰瞎。僧再喝。師曰。遮瞎漢只麼亂喝作麼。僧禮拜。師便打。問四眾圍繞師說何法。師曰。打草蛇驚。僧曰。未審怎麼生下手。師曰。適來幾合喪身失命。問二龍爭珠誰是得者。師曰。得者失。僧曰。不得者又如何。師曰。珠在什麼處。問維摩默然文殊贊善。未審此意如何。師曰。當時聽眾必不如是。僧曰。未審維摩默然意旨如何。師曰。知恩者少負恩者多。問一切諸佛皆從此經出。如何是此經。師曰。低聲低聲。僧曰。如何受持。師曰。切不得污染。問世尊滅後法付何人。師曰。好箇問頭無人答得。問見色便見心。諸法無形將何所見。師曰。一家有事百家忙。僧曰。學人不會。乞師再指。師曰。三日看取。問如人入京朝聖主。只到潼關便却迴時如何。師曰。猶是鈍漢。問路逢達道人不將語默對。未審將什麼對。師曰。瞥爾三千界。問一句了然超百億。如何是一句。師曰。到處舉似人。僧曰。畢竟事如何。師曰。但知恁麼道。問如何是古佛心。師曰。鎮州蘿蔔重三斤。問虛空以何為體。師曰。老僧在汝脚底。僧曰。和尚為什麼在學人脚底。師曰。知汝是箇瞎漢。問如何是玄中的。師曰。有言須道却。僧曰。此意如何。師曰。無言鬼也瞋。問如何是衲僧眼。師曰。此問猶不當。僧曰。當後如何。師曰。堪作麼。問如何得離眾緣去。師曰。千年一遇。僧曰。不離時如何。師曰。立在眾人前。問如何是大安樂人。師曰。不見有一法。僧曰。將何為人。師曰。謝闍梨領話。問如何是常在底人。師曰。亂走作麼。問一毫未發時如何。師曰路逢穿耳客。僧曰。發後如何。師曰。不用更遲疑。問無絃琴請師音韻。師良久曰。還聞麼。僧曰。不聞。師曰。何不高聲聞著。問學人久處沈迷請師一接。師曰。老僧無恁麼閑功夫。僧曰。和尚為什麼如此。師曰。要行即行要坐即坐。問如何是離凡聖底句。師曰。嵩山安和尚。僧曰。莫便是和尚極則處否。師曰。南嶽讓禪師。問學人乍入叢林乞師指示。師曰。闍梨到此多少時也。僧曰。已經冬夏。師曰。莫錯舉似人。問有一人蕩盡來時師還接否。師曰。蕩盡即不無。那箇是誰。僧曰。今日風高月冷。師曰。僧堂內幾人坐臥。僧無對。師曰。賺殺老僧。問如何是梵音相。師曰。驢鳴狗吠。問如何是徑截一路。師曰。或在山間或在樹下。問曹谿一句天下人聞。未審和尚一句什麼人得聞。師曰。不出三門外。僧曰。為什麼不出三門外。師曰。舉似天下人。僧問。如何是和尚不欺人眼。師曰。看看冬到來。僧曰。究竟如何。師曰。即便春風至。問遠聞和尚寸絲不掛。及至到來為什麼有山可守。師曰。道什麼。僧喝。師亦喝。僧禮拜。師曰。放汝二十棒。師次住寶安山廣教院亦第一世。後徇眾請入城下寶應院（即南院第三世）三處法席海眾常臻。淳化三年十二月四日午時上堂說偈示眾曰。

Chan Master Shengnian of Shoushan in Ruzhou was a native of Laizhou, with the surname Di. He received his training at Nanchanyuan in his native commandery and obtained the Dharma from Fengxue. He first resided at Shoushan as its first generation [abbot]. On the day he opened the hall, a monk asked, "Whose song does the Master sing? Whose house style do you inherit?" The Master said, "Before the cliff of Shaoshi, I held it in my own hands." The monk said, "I further request you to harmonize with a great voice." The Master said, "Right now, I also want everyone to know." The Master addressed the assembly, saying, "The Buddha-Dharma was entrusted to kings, ministers, and powerful dānapatis, causing lamp to ignite lamp in unbroken succession down to this day. Everyone, tell me: what is it that continues in succession?" After a long pause, the Master further said, "Today, it must be Senior Brother Kāśyapa before it will do." A monk asked, "What is the Upādhyāya's house style?" The Master said, "A single word cuts off the mouths of a thousand rivers; before the myriad-fathom peak one first attains the profound." [A monk] asked, "What is the environment of Shoushan?" The Master said, "Leaving everyone entirely free to look." The monk said, "What is the person within the environment?" The Master said, "Can you take a blow of the staff yet?" The monk bowed. The Master said, "Just wait for another time." [A monk] asked, "What is the meaning of the Ancestral Teacher's coming from the West?" The Master said, "Wind blows and the sun scorches." [A monk] asked, "Where have the holy ones from antiquity trodden?" The Master said, "Pulling the plow and dragging the rake." [A monk] asked, "What was the ancient's intention in raising the mallet and erecting the whisk?" The Master said, "On the solitary peak there are no overnight guests." The monk said, "I do not know what the intention is." The Master said, "Not a person who watches the tree stump." [A monk] asked, "What is the path of bodhi?" The Master said, "From here to Xiang County is five li." The monk said, "What about the transcendental matter?" The Master said, "Coming and going is not easy." [A monk] asked, "Where the holy ones cannot speak completely, please, Master, bring it up and chant it." The Master said, "The divine light of ten thousand li illuminates all at once; who dares stand alongside the sun-disc?" [A monk] asked, "Does a single tree still bloom with flowers?" The Master said, "It has bloomed for a long time." The monk said, "I wonder if it still bears fruit?" The Master said, "Last night it suffered frost." [A monk] asked, "Linji's shout and Deshan's staff—I do not know what side of the matter they clarified." The Master said, "You try to say it and let us see." The monk shouted. The Master said, "Blind!" The monk shouted again. The Master said, "Why is this blind fellow just shouting wildly like this?" The monk bowed. The Master then struck him. [A monk] asked, "With the fourfold assembly surrounding you, what Dharma does the Master preach?" The Master said, "Beating the grass startles the snake." The monk said, "I do not know how to set to work." The Master said, "Just now you nearly lost your life!" [A monk] asked, "When two dragons fight for a pearl, who is the winner?" The Master said, "The winner loses." The monk said, "What about the one who does not win?" The Master said, "Where is the pearl?" [A monk] asked, "Vimalakīrti was silent and Mañjuśrī praised him—what is the meaning of this?" The Master said, "The audience at that time was certainly not like this." The monk said, "I do not know what the meaning of Vimalakīrti's silence was." The Master said, "Those who know kindness are few; those who turn their backs on kindness are many." [A monk] asked, "'All Buddhas emerge from this sūtra.' What is this sūtra?" The Master said, "Lower your voice, lower your voice!" The monk said, "How to uphold it?" The Master said, "Be sure not to defile it." [A monk] asked, "After the World-Honoured One passed into extinction, to whom was the Dharma entrusted?" The Master said, "A fine question, but no one can answer it." [A monk] asked, "'Seeing forms, one immediately sees the mind.' All phenomena are formless; what is to be seen?" The Master said, "When one family has business, a hundred families are busy." The monk said, "I do not understand. I beg the Master to point it out again." The Master said, "Watch for three days." [A monk] asked, "What is it like when someone enters the capital to pay audience to the holy ruler, but turns back upon merely reaching Tongguan?" The Master said, "Still a dull fellow." [A monk] asked, "When meeting a person who has reached the Way on the road, one does not face them with speech or silence. With what does one face them?" The Master said, "In a flash, the three thousand realms." [A monk] asked, "'A single phrase clearly transcends a hundred billion.' What is the single phrase?" The Master said, "Everywhere it is brought up to show people." The monk said, "What about the ultimate matter?" The Master said, "Just know to speak thus." [A monk] asked, "What is the heart of the ancient Buddha?" The Master said, "The radishes of Zhenzhou weigh three jin." [A monk] asked, "What does empty space take as its substance?" The Master said, "This old monk is beneath the soles of your feet." The monk said, "Why is the Upādhyāya beneath my feet?" The Master said, "I know you are a blind fellow." [A monk] asked, "What is the target within the mystery?" The Master said, "When there are words, you must speak them out." The monk said, "What does this mean?" The Master said, "Without words, even ghosts are resentful." [A monk] asked, "What is the eye of a patch-robed monk?" The Master said, "This question is still inappropriate." The monk said, "What about after it is appropriate?" The Master said, "What would it be fit for?" [A monk] asked, "How can one depart from all conditions?" The Master said, "Encountered once in a thousand years." The monk said, "What about when not departing?" The Master said, "Standing before everyone." [A monk] asked, "What is a person of great peace and happiness?" The Master said, "Not seeing a single phenomenon." The monk said, "With what will you act for others?" The Master said, "Thank you, Ācārya, for taking up the words." [A monk] asked, "What is the person who is ever-present?" The Master said, "Why run about wildly?" [A monk] asked, "How is it when not a single hair has yet sprouted?" The Master said, "Encountering a guest with pierced ears on the road." The monk said, "What about after it has sprouted?" The Master said, "No need to hesitate any longer." [A monk] asked, "On the stringless lute, please, Master, provide the tune." The Master remained silent for a long time and said, "Do you still hear it?" The monk said, "I do not hear it." The Master said, "Why don't you hear it in a loud voice?" [A monk] asked, "I have long been submerged in delusion; please, Master, receive me." The Master said, "This old monk has no such leisure time." The monk said, "Why is the Upādhyāya like this?" The Master said, "If I want to walk, I walk; if I want to sit, I sit." [A monk] asked, "What is the phrase that departs from the ordinary and the holy?" The Master said, "Upādhyāya An of Mount Song." The monk said, "Is that not the Upādhyāya's ultimate point?" The Master said, "Chan Master Rang of Nanyue." [A monk] asked, "I have newly entered the monastery; I beg the Master for instruction." The Master said, "How long has the Ācārya been here?" The monk said, "A winter and a summer have already passed." The Master said, "Do not mistakenly bring it up to show others." [A monk] asked, "When a person comes who has squandered everything, will the Master still receive him?" The Master said, "Squandering everything is not non-existent. Who is that one?" The monk said, "Today the wind is high and the moon is cold." The Master said, "How many people are sitting and lying in the monks' hall?" The monk had no reply. The Master said, "You have thoroughly cheated this old monk!" [A monk] asked, "What is the mark of the Brahma sound?" The Master said, "Donkeys braying and dogs barking." [A monk] asked, "What is the shortcut path?" The Master said, "Sometimes among the mountains, sometimes under the trees." [A monk] asked, "The single phrase of Caoxi is heard by everyone under heaven. I wonder: what sort of person gets to hear the Upādhyāya's single phrase?" The Master said, "It does not go outside the triple gate." The monk said, "Why does it not go outside the triple gate?" The Master said, "It is brought up to show everyone under heaven." A monk asked, "What is the Upādhyāya's eye that does not deceive people?" The Master said, "Look, look—winter is arriving." The monk said, "What about ultimately?" The Master said, "Immediately the spring wind arrives." [A monk] asked, "From afar I heard that the Upādhyāya does not have a single thread hanging on him. When arriving here, why is there a mountain to guard?" The Master said, "What did you say?" The monk shouted. The Master also shouted. The monk bowed. The Master said, "I let you off with twenty blows." The Master next resided at Guangjiaoyuan on Mount Bao'an, also as its first generation. Later, complying with the assembly's request, he entered the city below to reside at Baoyingyuan (as the third generation of Nanyuan). At all three Dharma seats, assemblies vast as the ocean constantly gathered. On the fourth day of the twelfth month in the third year of the Chunhua era, at noon, he ascended the hall and spoke a verse to instruct the assembly, saying: