續傳燈錄 32.21

32.21

建康府蔣山一菴善直禪師。德安雲夢人。初參妙喜於回雁峯下。一日喜問之曰。上座甚處人。師曰。安州人。喜曰。我聞爾安州人會廝撲是否。師便作相撲勢。喜曰。湖南人喫魚因甚湖北人著鯁。師打筋斗而出。喜曰。誰知冷灰裏有粒豆爆。出住保寧。上堂。諸佛不曾出世。人人鼻孔遼天。祖師不曾西來。箇箇壁立千仞。高揖釋迦不拜彌勒理合如斯。坐斷千聖路頭獨步大千沙界不為分外。若向諸佛出世處會得。祖師西來處承當。自救不了一生受屈。莫有大丈夫承當大丈夫事者麼。出來與保寧爭交。其或未然不如拽破好。便下座。一日留守陳丞相俊卿會諸山茶話次。舉有句無句如藤倚樹公案令諸山批判。皆以奇語取奉。師最後曰。張打油李打油不打渾身只打頭。陳大喜。

Chan Master Yi'an Shanzhi of Jiangshan in Jiankang Prefecture was a native of Yunmeng in De'an. At first he called upon Miaoxi at the foot of Huiyan Peak. One day, Xi asked him: “Elder, where are you from?”

The Master said: “A native of Anzhou.”

Xi said: “I have heard that you people of Anzhou are skilled at wrestling; is that so?”

The Master thereupon assumed a wrestling stance.

Xi said: “The people of Hunan eat fish; why are the people of Hubei choked by bones?”

The Master did a somersault and left.

Xi said: “Who knew that within cold ashes there was a bean that would burst?”

He came forth to reside at Baoning. Ascending the hall, he said: “The Buddhas never appeared in the world; everyone's nostrils reach to the heavens. The Patriarch never came from the West; each one stands like a wall a thousand fathoms high. Bowing respectfully to Śākya and not prostrating to Maitreya is naturally as it should be. Cutting off the road of the thousand sages and walking alone through the great chiliocosm's sandy realms is not out of bounds. If you understand at the place where the Buddhas appeared in the world, or take responsibility where the Patriarch came from the West, you will not save yourself and will suffer injustice for a whole lifetime. Is there any great person who undertakes the business of a great person? Come out and contend with Baoning! If not yet so, it is better to tear it to shreds.” He then stepped down from his seat.

One day, Regent Grand Councillor Chen Junqing gathered the various mountains for tea and conversation. He brought up the gong'an of “existence and non-existence are like a vine clinging to a tree” and had the monks of the various mountains critique it. All offered extraordinary words to flatter him. The Master said at the end: “Zhang Dayou, Li Dayou—do not strike the whole body, strike only the head.” Chen was greatly delighted.