景德傳燈錄 16.37

16.37

洪州上藍令超禪師。初住筠州上藍山說夾山之禪。學侶俱會。後於洪井創禪苑居之。還以上藍為名化導益盛。僧問。如何是上藍本分事。師曰。不從千聖借豈向萬機求。曰只如不借不求時如何。師曰。不可拈放汝手裏得麼。問鋒前如何辨事。師曰。鋒前不露影莫向舌頭尋。問二龍爭珠誰是得者。師曰。其珠遍地目覩如泥。問善財見文殊却往南方意如何。師曰。學憑入室知乃通方。曰為什麼彌勒遣見文殊。師曰。道廣無涯逢人不盡。至唐大順庚戌歲正月初。召眾僧而告曰。吾本約住此十年。今化事既畢當欲行矣。十五日齋畢聲鍾端坐長。往諡元真大師。塔曰本空。

Chan Master Lingchao of Shanglan in Hongzhou first resided at Mount Shanglan in Yunzhou, expounding the Chan of Jiashan. Students gathered together. Later, he founded a Chan cloister at Hongjing and resided there, still naming it Shanglan, and his transformation and guidance flourished even more.
A monk asked, 'What is the fundamental matter of Shanglan?' The Master said, 'Not borrowed from the thousand sages, how could it be sought from the ten thousand functions?' The monk said, 'How is it just when neither borrowing nor seeking?' The Master said, 'Can it be picked up and placed in your hand?'
He asked, 'How does one discern the matter before the point?' The Master said, 'Before the point, no shadow is revealed; do not search for it on the tongue.'
He asked, 'When two dragons vie for the pearl, who is the winner?' The Master said, 'Its pearls cover the earth; seen by the eyes, they are like mud.'
He asked, 'What was Sudhana's intention in seeing Mañjuśrī and then heading south?' The Master said, 'Learning relies on entering the room; knowing reaches everywhere.' The monk asked, 'Why did Maitreya send him to see Mañjuśrī again?' The Master said, 'The Way is vast and boundless; meeting people, it is inexhaustible.'
In the first month of the gengxu year, the Dashun era of the Tang dynasty, he summoned the monks and announced, 'I originally agreed to stay here for ten years. Now that my teaching work is completed, I should depart.' On the fifteenth day, after the midday meal, the bell was sounded, and sitting upright, he departed forever. He was posthumously named Great Master Yuanzhen, and his stupa was named Benkong.