續傳燈錄 22.14

22.14

漳州保福本權禪師。臨漳人也。性質直而勇於道。乃於晦堂舉拳處徹證根源。機辯捷出。黃山谷初有所入問晦堂。此中誰可與語。堂曰。漳州權師方督役開田。山谷同晦堂往。致問曰。直歲還知露柱生兒麼。師曰。是男是女。黃擬議。師揮之。堂謂曰。不得無禮。師曰。這木頭不打更待何時。黃大笑。上堂舉寒山偈曰。吾心似秋月。碧潭清皎潔。無物堪比倫。教我如何說。老僧即不然。吾心似燈籠。點火內外紅。有物堪比倫。來朝日出東。傳者以為笑。死心和尚見之嘆曰。權兄提唱若此。誠不負先師所付囑也。

Chan Master Benquan of Baofu in Zhangzhou was a native of Linzhang. By nature he was straightforward and zealous for the Way. Where Huitang raised his fist, he thoroughly verified the source of roots; his dynamic wit issued swiftly. When Huang Shangu first had an entry, he asked Huitang: 'Who here can be spoken with?' Huitang said: 'Master Quan of Zhangzhou is just now supervising the laborers clearing fields.' Shangu went with Huitang and posed a question: 'Does the estate steward know that the exposed pillar has given birth to a child?' The Master said: 'Is it male or female?' Huang hesitated; the Master brushed him off. Huitang said to [the Master]: 'Do not be rude.' The Master said: 'If I don't beat this piece of wood, what time should I wait for?' Huang laughed loudly. Ascending the hall, he cited Hanshan's verse: 'My mind is like the autumn moon, / purely white and bright in the emerald pool. / Nothing can compare with it; / tell me, how can I describe it?' [The Master said:] 'This old monk is not so: / My mind is like a lantern: / lit with fire, inside and outside are red. / There is something that can compare with it: / tomorrow morning the sun rises in the east.' Those who transmitted this took it as a joke. When Upādhyāya Sixin saw it, he sighed and said: 'Brother Quan's instructional discourse is like this—truly he has not betrayed what our late master entrusted to him!'