續傳燈錄 5.24

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荊州軍玉泉承皓禪師姓王氏。眉州丹稜人也。依大力院出家登具。後游方參北塔發明心要。得大自在三昧。製犢鼻裩書歷代祖師名字。乃曰。唯有文殊普賢較些子。且書於帶上。故叢林目為皓布裩。元豐間首眾於襄陽谷隱。有鄉僧亦効之。師見而詬曰。汝具何道理敢以為戲事耶。嘔血無及耳。尋於鹿門如所言而逝。張無盡奉使京西南路就謁之。致開法于郢州大陽。時谷隱主者私為之喜。師受請陞座曰。某在谷隱十年。不曾飲谷隱一滴水嚼谷隱一粒米。汝若不會來。大陽為汝說破。携拄杖下座傲然而去。尋遷玉泉。有示眾曰。一夜雨霶烹打倒蒲萄棚。知事頭首行者人力。拄底拄撐底撐。撐撐拄拄到天明。依舊可憐生。自贊粥稀後。坐床窄先臥。耳聵愛高聲。眼昏宜字大。冬至示眾曰。晷運推移布裩赫赤。莫怪不洗無來換替。僧入室次狗子在室中。師叱一聲。狗便出去。師曰。狗却會爾却不會。師示疾門人圍繞。師笑曰。吾年八十一。老死舁屍出。兒郎齊著力。一年三百六十日。言畢而逝。

Chan Master Chenghao of Yuquan in Jingzhou Commandery had the surname Wang and was a native of Danling in Meizhou. Relying on Dali Cloister, he left home and received full ordination. Later he went on itinerant pilgrimage and studied under Beita, uncovering the mind essential and attaining the samādhi of great autonomy. He made calf-nose underpants and wrote the names of the successive patriarchs upon them, saying, "Only Mañjuśrī and Samantabhadra are slightly better; I will write them on the waistband." Thus the monastic community called him Hao of the Cloth Underpants. During the Yuanfeng era, he served as head monk at Guyin in Xiangyang. A monk from his native region also imitated him. When the Master saw it, he scolded him, "What principle do you possess to dare make sport of this? It will be too late when you vomit blood!" Soon after, that monk passed away at Lumen just as he had predicted. Zhang Wujin, serving as imperial commissioner to the Jingxi South Circuit, went to pay him respects and invited him to open the Dharma hall at Dayang in Yingzhou. At that time, the abbot of Guyin was privately delighted for him. The Master accepted the invitation, ascended the seat, and said, "I have been at Guyin for ten years, yet I have never drunk a single drop of Guyin's water nor chewed a single grain of Guyin's rice. If you do not understand, come to Dayang and I will explain it for you." Carrying his staff, he stepped down from his seat and left haughtily. Soon after, he moved to Yuquan. He instructed the assembly: "Rain poured through the night, knocking over the grape trellis. Duty-distributor, temple officers, postulants, and laborers—those propping propped, those bracing braced. Bracing and propping until dawn, still pitiful as ever!" In a self-eulogy: "When the congee is thin, I follow behind; / When the bed is narrow, I lie down first. / Being deaf, I like loud voices; / Having dim eyes, large characters suit me best." On the winter solstice he instructed the assembly: "The solar shadow shifts along; my cloth underpants are bright red. Do not blame me for not washing them; there are no replacements." Once, a monk was entering his room while a dog was inside. The Master shouted at it, and the dog went out. The Master said, "The dog understands, but you do not." When the Master showed illness, his disciples gathered around. The Master smiled and said, "I am eighty-one years old; dying of old age, my corpse is carried out. Children, exert your strength together: three hundred and sixty days in a year." Having finished speaking, he passed away.