續傳燈錄 30.46

30.46

無為軍冶父實際道川禪師。崑山狄氏子。初為縣之弓級聞東齋謙首座為道俗演法。往從之習坐不倦。一日因不職遭笞。忽於杖下大悟。遂辭職依謙。謙為改名道川。且曰。汝舊呼狄三今名道川。川即三耳。汝能竪起脊梁了辦箇事。其道如川之增。若放倒則依舊狄三也。師銘於心。建炎初圓頂游方至天封蹣庵與語。機鋒相投菴稱善。歸憩東齋道俗愈敬。有以金剛般若經請問者。師為頌之今盛行於世。隆興改元殿撰鄭公喬年漕淮西。適冶父虛席迎開法。上堂。群陰剝盡一陽生。草木園林盡發萌。唯有衲僧無底鉢。依然盛飯又盛羹。上堂舉。雪峯一日登座拈拄杖東覷曰。東邊底又西覷曰。西邊底。諸人還知麼。擲下拄杖曰。向這裏會取。師曰。東邊覷了復西觀拄杖重重話歲寒。帶雨一枝花落盡。不煩公子倚闌干。

Chan Master Yefu Shiji Daochuan of the Wuwei Army was a native of Kunshan, surnamed Di. At first, he served as a county archer-bailiff. Hearing that Head Monk Qian of Dongzhai was preaching the Dharma for monastics and laity, he went to follow him and practiced sitting without fatigue. One day, because of negligence in his duties, he was caned; suddenly, under the staff, he had a great awakening. He thereupon resigned from his post and relied on Qian. Qian changed his name to Daochuan and said, "You were formerly called Di the Third, and now you are named Daochuan. Chuan (川) is just three (三) [set upright]. If you can straighten your spine and complete this matter, your path will grow like an increasing river (chuan). If you let it fall slack, you will be Di the Third as before." The Master engraved this on his mind. In the early Jianyan era, he shaved his head and traveled on pilgrimage. Reaching Tianfeng, he spoke with Pan'an; their dynamic function tallied, and Pan'an praised him. Returning to rest at Dongzhai, monastics and laity revered him all the more. When someone asked about the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, the Master composed verses on it, which are widely circulated in the world today. In the first year of the Longxing era, Academician Zheng Qiaonian was the transport commissioner of Huaisi; just then the abbot's seat at Yefu was vacant, and he invited the Master to open the Dharma hall. Ascending the hall: / "The host of yins is completely shed, and a single yang is born; / Grasses, trees, and gardens all begin to sprout. / Only the patch-robed monk's bottomless bowl / Still holds rice and still holds soup." / Ascending the hall, he cited: "One day Xuefeng ascended the seat, held up his staff, looked to the east, and said, 'The one on the east side.' He then looked to the west and said, 'The one on the west side. Do you people know?' He threw down his staff and said, 'Understand it here.'" The Master said: / "Looking to the east, then gazing to the west, / The staff speaks over and over of the cold of the year. / A single branch, laden with rain, has shed all its blossoms; / No need to trouble the young gentleman to lean on the balustrade."