續傳燈錄 12.70

12.70

西京天寧禧誧禪師。蔡州宋氏子。初住韶山次過天寧丹霞。上堂。韶山近日沒巴鼻。眼裏聞聲鼻嘗味。有時一覺到天明。不在床上不落地。大眾且道在甚麼處。諸人於斯下得一轉語。非唯救得韶山。亦乃不孤行脚。其或未然。三級浪高魚化龍。癡人猶戽夜塘水。問如何是君。師曰。宇宙無雙日乾坤只一人。曰如何是臣。師曰。德分明主化道契物情機。曰如何是臣向君。師曰。赤心歸舜日盡節報堯天。曰如何是君視臣。師曰。玄眸凝不瞬妙體鑒旁來。曰如何是君臣道合。師曰。帳符尊賤隔潛信往來通。政和五年九月四日忽召主事。令以楮囊分而為四眾僧童行常住津送各一。既而復曰。丹霞有箇公案。從來推到扶起今朝普示諸人。且道是箇甚底。顧視左右曰。會麼。曰不會。師曰。偉哉大丈夫不會末後句。遂就寢右脇而化。

Chan Master Xibu of Tianning in Xijing was a native of the Song clan in Caizhou. At first he resided at Shaoshan, and subsequently moved to Danxia at Tianning. He ascended the hall [and said]: 'Shaoshan recently has had no handle: hearing sound with the eyes, tasting flavor with the nose. Sometimes in one sleep lasting till daybreak, he is neither on the bed nor on the ground. Great assembly, tell me, where is he? If among you here someone can deliver a turning word, not only will it rescue Shaoshan, it will also ensure your itinerant pilgrimage is not in vain. If you cannot do so: where the three tiers of waves rise high, the fish transforms into a dragon, yet the foolish man still bails out the night pond's water.'
[A monk] asked: 'What is the ruler?'
The master said: 'In the universe there are not two suns; between heaven and earth there is only one person.'
[The monk] asked: 'What is the minister?'
The master said: 'Virtue manifests the enlightened sovereign's transformation; the Way accords with the inclinations of worldly beings.'
[The monk] asked: 'What is the minister turning toward the ruler?'
The master said: 'With an honest heart returning under Shun's sun, serving with wholehearted devotion beneath the sky of Yao.'
[The monk] asked: 'What is the ruler looking upon the minister?'
The master said: 'Dark eyes gaze unblinking, the wondrous body inspects what approaches from the flanks.'
[The monk] asked: 'What is the Way of ruler and minister in unison?'
The master said: 'The curtain and tallies separate the noble and the base; the concealed message passes back and forth without hindrance.'
On the fourth day of the ninth month in the fifth year of the Zhenghe era (1115), he suddenly summoned the monastic administrators and instructed them to divide his paper pouches into four portions—one each for the assembly of monks, the postulants, the permanent monastic estate, and the funeral expenses. Shortly afterward he further said: 'Danxia has a gong'an that from the past until now has been overturned and set back up; today I present it universally to all of you. Tell me, what is it?' Looking left and right, he said: 'Do you understand?'
[The assembly] said: 'We do not understand.'
The master said: 'Great indeed is the stalwart fellow who does not understand the final phrase!' Thereupon he took to his bed, lay on his right side, and passed away.