續傳燈錄 17.19

17.19

衡州華藥智朋禪師。四明黃氏子。依寶峯有年無省。因為眾持鉢。峯自題其像曰。雨洗淡紅桃蕚嫰。風搖淺碧柳絲輕。白雲影裏怪石露。綠水光中古木清。噫爾是何人。至焦山枯木成禪師見之歎曰。今日方知此老親見先師來。師遂請益其贊。成曰。豈不見法眼。拈夾山境話曰。我二十年秖作境會。師即契悟。灌胡野錄云。成指以問師曰。汝會麼。師曰。不會。成曰。汝記得法燈擬寒山否。師遂誦至誰人知此意令我憶南泉。於憶字處成遽以手掩師口曰。住住。師豁然有省。乃曰。元來恁麼地。成曰。汝作麼生會。師曰。春生夏長秋收冬藏。成曰。直須保任。師應喏。紹興初出住華藥婺之天寧。後遷清涼。上堂。海風吹夢嶺𤠔啼月。敢問諸人。是何時節。恁麼會得無影樹下任遨遊。其或未然三條椽下直須打徹。後退居明之瑞岩。建康再以清涼挽之。明守亦勉其行。師不從作偈送使者曰。相煩專使入煙霞。灰冷無湯不點茶。寄語甬東賢太守。難教枯木再生花。未幾而終。

Chan Master Zhipeng of Huayao in Hengzhou was a son of the Huang family of Siming. He resided at Baofeng for years without awakening. Because he was carrying the bowl for the community, Baofeng inscribed his portrait himself: 'Rain washes pale red peach calyxes tender, / Wind sways light green willow threads gentle. / In the shadow of white clouds, strange rocks emerge; / In the gleam of green water, ancient trees are clear. / Alas, what kind of person are you?' When he arrived at Jiaoshan, Chan Master Cheng of Kumu saw it and sighed, 'Only today do I know that this old man personally saw our late teacher!' The master then asked about the meaning of that verse. Cheng said, 'Have you not seen Fayan picking up the dialogue about Jiashan's scenery, saying: "For twenty years I only understood it as scenery"?' The master was immediately awakened. The Guanhuye Lu states: Cheng pointed to it and asked the master, 'Do you understand?' The master said, 'I do not.' Cheng said, 'Do you remember Fadeng matching Hanshan?' The master then recited up to: 'Who knows this intention? / It makes me remember Nanquan.' At the word 'remember', Cheng abruptly covered the master's mouth with his hand, saying, 'Stop, stop!' The master had a sudden awakening and said, 'So it was like this all along!' Cheng said, 'How do you understand it?' The master said, 'Spring generates, summer grows, autumn harvests, winter stores.' Cheng said, 'You must preserve and protect it.' The master responded, 'Yes.' In the early Shaoxing reign era, he went forth to reside at Huayao and at Tianning in Wuzhou, later transferring to Qingliang. Ascending the hall, he said, 'The sea wind blows dreams, ridge monkeys howl at the moon. Dare I ask you all: what season is this? If you understand it like this, roam freely beneath the shadowless tree; if not yet so, you must break through beneath the three rafters.' Later he retired to Ruiyan in Mingzhou. Jiankang again summoned him to Qingliang, and the governor of Mingzhou also urged him to go. The master did not comply, composing a verse to send the messenger off: 'Troubling the special envoy to enter the mist and clouds; / The ashes are cold without hot water to brew tea. / Convey my words to the worthy governor of Yongdong: / It is hard to make a withered tree bloom again.' Not long after, he passed away.