續傳燈錄 16.40

16.40

廬山歸宗志芝菴主。臨江人也。壯為苾芻依黃龍。於歸宗遂領深旨。有偈曰。未到應須到。到了令人笑。眉毛本無用。無渠底波俏。未幾龍引退芝陸沈于眾。一日普請罷。書偈曰。茶芽蔍蓛初離焙。筍角狼忙又吐泥。山舍一年春事辦。得閑誰管板頭低。由是衲子親之。師不懌結茅絕頂。作偈曰。千峯頂上一間屋。老僧半間雲半間。昨夜雲隨風雨去。到頭不似老僧閒。

Hermit Zhizhi of Guizong on Mount Lu was a native of Linjiang. In his prime, as a bhikṣu, he relied on Huanglong, and at Guizong he apprehended the profound purport. He had a verse that said: "Before arriving, one must indeed arrive; / Once arrived, it makes one laugh. / Eyebrows are fundamentally useless, / Yet without them, where would the charm be?" Shortly after, Nan retired, and Zhi submerged himself among the assembly. One day, after communal labor ended, he wrote a verse: "Tea shoots, fragile and soft, have just left the roasting tray; / Bamboo sprouts, in a frantic hurry, spit through the mud again. / In the mountain cottage, the year's spring affairs are settled; / Having found leisure, who cares if the bench-ends are low?" Because of this, patch-robed monks sought his company. Displeased, the master built a thatched hut on the highest peak and composed a verse: "A single room atop a thousand peaks: / Half a room for this old monk, half for the clouds. / Last night the clouds departed with the wind and rain; / In the end, they are not as idle as this old monk."