續傳燈錄 3.10

3.10

南嶽芭蕉菴大道谷泉禪師泉州人也。受法汾陽放蕩湖湘。後省同參慈明禪師。明問。白雲橫谷口。道人何處來。師左右顧視曰。夜來何處火。燒出古人墳。明曰。未在更道。師作虎聲。明以坐具便摵。師接住推明置禪床上。明却作虎聲。師大笑曰。我見七十餘員善知識。今日始遇作家。師因倚遇上座來參（遇後住法昌）問。庵主在麼。師曰誰。曰行脚僧。師曰。作甚麼。曰禮拜庵主。師曰。恰值庵主不在。曰爾聻。師曰。向道不在。說甚麼爾我。拽棒趁出。遇次日再來。師又趁出。遇一日又來問。庵主在麼。師曰誰。曰行脚僧。揭簾便入。師欄胸扭住曰。我這裏虎狼縱橫。尿床鬼子三回兩度來討甚麼。曰人言庵主親見汾陽來。師解衣抖擻曰。爾道我見汾陽來有多少奇特。曰如何是庵中主。師曰。入門須辯取。曰莫秖這便是麼。師曰。賺却幾多人曰前言何在。師曰。聽事不真喚鐘作甕。曰萬法泯時全體現。君臣合處正中邪去也。師曰。驢漢不會便休亂統作麼。曰未審客來將何祇待。曰雲門餬餅趙州茶。曰恁麼則謝師供養去也。師叱曰。我這裏火種也未有。早言謝供養。師因大雪作偈曰。今朝甚好雪。紛紛如秋月。文殊不出頭。普賢呈醜拙。慈明遷住福嚴。師又往省之。少留而還。作偈寄之曰。相別而今又半年。不知誰對共譚禪。一般秀色湘山裏。汝自匡徒我自眠。明覽笑而已。

Chan Master Dadao Guquan of the Bajiao Hermitage on Mount Nanyue was a man of Quanzhou. Having received the Dharma from Fenyang, he roamed freely through the Xiang and Hu regions. Later he visited his fellow student, Chan Master Ciming. Ciming asked, "White clouds lie across the valley mouth; from where does the man of the Way come?" The Master looked left and right and said, "Where was the fire last night that burned open an ancient tomb?" Ciming said, "Not yet; speak further." The Master made the sound of a tiger. Ciming struck him with his sitting cloth. The Master caught hold of it and pushed Ciming onto the meditation platform. Ciming then made the sound of a tiger. The Master laughed heartily and said, "I have met over seventy kalyāṇamitras; today for the first time I have encountered an adept!" Once, because Elder Yiyu came to call (Yiyu later resided at Fachang), [Yiyu] asked, "Is the hermitage master in?" The Master said, "Who is it?" [Yiyu] said, "A traveling monk on pilgrimage." The Master said, "What are you doing?" [Yiyu] said, "Bowing to the hermitage master." The Master said, "It just so happens that the hermitage master is not here." [Yiyu] said, "What about you?" The Master said, "I told you he is not here! What are you talking about, 'you' and 'me'?" He grabbed his staff and drove him out. The next day Yiyu came again, and the Master drove him out again. One day Yiyu came again and asked, "Is the hermitage master in?" The Master said, "Who is it?" [Yiyu] said, "A traveling monk on pilgrimage." Raising the curtain, he walked straight in. The Master grabbed him across the chest and said, "Here tigers and wolves roam wild! What are you coming back for, two or three times, you bed-wetting ghost?" [Yiyu] said, "People say the hermitage master personally met Fenyang." The Master untied his robe, shook it out, and said, "Tell me, what was so extraordinary about my meeting Fenyang?" [Yiyu] asked, "What is the master within the hermitage?" The Master said, "Upon entering the gate, you must discern it." [Yiyu] said, "Could it be just this?" The Master said, "How many people has this led astray!" [Yiyu] said, "Where are your former words?" The Master said, "Listening inaccurately, you mistake a bell for an earthen jar." [Yiyu] said, "'When the ten thousand dharmas vanish, the complete body appears; where ruler and minister unite, it goes right into the middle of crookedness.'" The Master said, "Donkey-fellow! If you do not understand, just stop. Why make such a mess?" [Yiyu] asked, "I wonder, when a guest arrives, with what will you entertain him?" The Master said, "Yunmen's sesame cake, Zhaozhou's tea." [Yiyu] said, "If so, then I thank the master for the hospitality and depart." The Master scolded him, saying, "Here I do not even have a spark of fire, yet you already speak of thanking me for hospitality!" Because of a heavy snowfall, the Master composed a verse saying: 'Today the snow is exceedingly fine, / Drifting down like the autumn moon. / Mañjuśrī does not stick out his head; / Samantabhadra displays clumsiness and flaws.' When Ciming moved to reside at Fuyan, the Master went again to visit him. After staying briefly, he returned and composed a verse sent to him: 'Having parted from each other, it has now been half a year; / I wonder with whom you sit and discuss Chan. / The same fine scenery in the Xiang mountains: / You lead your assembly; I take my sleep.' When Ciming read it, he merely smiled.