續傳燈錄 24.54

24.54

無為軍吉祥元實禪師。高郵人。自到天衣早夜精勤脇不至席。一日偶失笑喧眾。衣擯之。中夜宿田里覩星月粲然有省。曉歸趨方丈衣見乃問。洞山五位君臣如何話會。師曰。我這裏一位也無。衣令參堂。謂侍僧曰。這漢却有箇見處。奈不識宗旨何。入室次衣預令行者五人分序而立。師至俱召實上座。師於是密契奧旨。述偈曰。一位纔彰五位分。君臣叶處紫雲屯。夜明簾卷無私照。金殿重重顯至尊。衣稱善。後住吉祥。

Chan Master Jixiang Yuanshi of Wuwei Commandery was a native of Gaoyou. Ever since coming to Tianyi, he was diligent morning and night, his ribs never touching the mat. One day, he accidentally broke into laughter and disturbed the assembly; Tianyi expelled him. In the middle of the night, lodging in the fields, he gazed at the sparkling stars and moon and had an awakening. At dawn, returning and proceeding to the abbot's room, Tianyi saw him and asked, 'How do you understand Dongshan's five ranks of lord and minister?' The master said, 'Here with me, there is not even a single rank.' Tianyi ordered him to join the hall and said to the attendant monk, 'This fellow does have a view; but what a pity he does not know the lineage tenets.' When he next entered the room, Tianyi had beforehand ordered five postulants to stand in order. When the master arrived, they all called out, 'Elder Shi!' The master thereupon secretly tallied with the profound purport, and composed a verse: 'One rank is no sooner manifested than the five ranks divide; / Where lord and minister harmonize, purple clouds gather. / The nighttime luminous curtain rolled up, it shines without bias; / Golden palaces in multiple layers reveal the Supreme Lord.' Tianyi praised it. Later, he resided at Jixiang.