續傳燈錄 18.28

18.28

參政蘇轍居士字子由。元豐三年以睢陽從事。左遷瑞州搉筦之任。是時洪州上藍順禪師與其父文安先生有契。因往訪焉相得歡甚。公咨以心法。順示搐鼻因緣。已而有省。作偈呈曰。中年聞道覺前非。邂逅相逢老順師。搐鼻徑參真面目。掉頭不受別鉗鎚。枯藤破衲公何事。白酒青鹽我是誰。慚愧東軒殘月上。一杯甘露滑如飴。

Assistant Administrator Upāsaka Su Zhe, styled Ziyou. In the third year of the Yuanfeng era, while serving as Assistant Magistrate of Suiyang, he was demoted to the post of Director of the Monopoly Bureau in Ruizhou. At that time, Chan Master Shun of Shanglan in Hongzhou had a rapport with his father, Master Wen'an. [Su Zhe] therefore went to visit him, and they enjoyed each other's company immensely. The Duke inquired about the mind Dharma, and Shun pointed to the nidāna of twitching the nose. Thereupon he had an awakening, and composed a verse presenting it: 'In middle age I heard the Way and realized my former errors; / by chance I encountered the old master Shun. / Twitching the nose, I directly plumbed my true face; / shaking my head, I accept no other tongs and hammer. / Withered vine and ragged patch-robe, what business has the Duke? / White wine and green salt, who am I? / Full of gratitude, as the waning moon rises over the eastern porch, / a cup of sweet dew is smooth as malt syrup.'