續傳燈錄 17.8

17.8

隨州大洪慧照慶預禪師郢州胡氏子。上堂。進一步踐他國王水草。退一步踏他祖父田園。不進不退正在死水中。還有出身之路也無。蕭騷晚籟松釵短。游漾春風柳線長。上堂。舉船子囑夾山曰。直須藏身處無蹤跡。無蹤跡處莫藏身。吾在藥山三十年秖明此事。今時人為甚麼却造次。丹山無彩鳳。寶殿不留冠。有時憨有時癡。非我途中爭得知。

Chan Master Huizhao Qingyu of Dahong in Suizhou was a native of Yingzhou, surnamed Hu. Ascending the hall, he said: "Stepping forward, one treads on the king's water and grass; stepping backward, one tramples on one's ancestors' fields and gardens. Neither advancing nor retreating, one is right in dead water. Is there still a way to emerge? In the rustling evening sound, pine needles are short; / In the drifting spring breeze, willow strands are long." Ascending the hall, he cited Chuanzi's injunction to Jiashan: "'You must conceal your body where there are no traces, but do not conceal your body where there are no traces. I was at Yaoshan for thirty years and only clarified this matter.' Why do people nowadays act so rashly? On the cinnabar mountain there is no colorful phoenix; / In the precious palace no crown is retained. Sometimes silly, sometimes foolish— / If one is not on my path, how could one know?"