續傳燈錄 32.13

32.13

常州華藏遯菴宗演禪師。福州鄭氏子。上堂拈起拄杖曰。識得這箇一生參學事畢。古人恁麼道。華藏則不然。識得這箇更須買草鞋行脚。何也。到江吳地盡。隔岸越山多。臘旦上堂。一九與二九相逢不出手。世間出世間。無剩亦無少。遂出手曰。華藏不惜性命。為諸人出手去也。劈面三拳攔腮一掌。靈利衲僧自知痛痒。且轉身一句作麼生道。巡堂喫茶去。上堂舉南泉和尚道。我十八上便解作活計。趙州和尚道。我十八上便解破家散宅。師云。南泉趙州也是徐六擔板秖見一邊。華藏也無活計可作。亦無家宅可破。逢人突出老拳。要伊直下便到。且道到後如何。三十六峯觀不足。却來平地倒騎驢。

Chan Master Dun'an Zongyan of Huazang [Monastery] in Changzhou was a native of the Zheng family in Fuzhou. Ascending the hall, he held up his staff and said: 'If you recognise this, the work of your lifetime of study is finished. The ancients spoke like this, but Huazang does not. If you recognise this, you must further buy straw sandals and go on itinerant pilgrimage. Why so? Arriving at the river, the land of Wu ends; across the opposite bank, the mountains of Yue are many.' Ascending the hall on the first day of the twelfth month, he said: 'Meeting in the first nine and the second nine days [of winter], one does not put forth one's hands. In the mundane world and beyond the world, there is nothing surplus and nothing lacking.' He then thrust out his hands and said: 'Huazang does not begrudge his life, and puts forth his hands for you all: three punches right in the face, a slap across the cheek! A clever patch-robed monk knows his own itch and pain for himself. And how do you speak a turning-word?' [He said,] 'Make the rounds of the hall and go drink tea!' Ascending the hall, he cited Upādhyāya Nanquan, who said: 'When I was eighteen, I already understood how to make a living.' Upādhyāya Zhaozhou said: 'When I was eighteen, I already understood how to break up the family and squander the estate.' The Master said: 'Nanquan and Zhaozhou were also like Xu the Sixth carrying a board—seeing only one side. Huazang has no livelihood to make, nor does he have any family estate to break up. Meeting someone, my old fist suddenly shoots forth, wanting him to arrive right here immediately. And tell me, after arriving, how is it? Having not gazed enough at the thirty-six peaks, one returns to the flat ground riding a donkey backwards.'