續傳燈錄 6.24

6.24

修撰曾會居士。幼與明覺同舍。及冠異途。天禧間公守池州。一日會于景德寺。公遂引中庸大學。參以楞嚴。符宗門語句質明覺。覺曰。這箇尚不與教乘合。況中庸大學邪。學士要徑捷理會此事。乃彈指一下曰。但恁麼薦取。公於言下領旨。天聖初公守四明。以書幣迎師補雪竇。既至。公曰。某近與清長老商量趙州勘破婆子話。未審端的有勘破處也無。覺曰。清長老道箇甚麼。公曰。又與麼去也。覺曰。清長老且放過一著。學士還知天下衲僧出這婆子圈䙡不得麼。公曰。這裏別有箇道處。趙州若不勘破婆子一生受屈。覺曰。勘破了也。公大笑。

The Compiler, Upāsaka Zeng Hui, shared quarters with Mingjue in his youth; upon coming of age, their paths diverged. During the Tianxi era, the gentleman was governor of Chizhou. One day, they met at Jingde Temple. The gentleman cited the Doctrine of the Mean and the Great Learning, matching them with the Śūraṅgama, to tally with the sayings of the ancestral school, and questioned Mingjue. Jue said, 'This does not even accord with the scriptural vehicles; how much less with the Doctrine of the Mean and the Great Learning? If the Academician wants to understand this matter directly and quickly...' He then snapped his fingers once and said, 'Just recognize it like this!' The gentleman grasped the purport at his words. In the early Tiansheng era, the gentleman was governor of Siming, and sent a letter and gifts to invite the master to fill the vacancy at Xuedou. Once he arrived, the gentleman said, 'I recently discussed with Elder Qing the story of Zhaozhou seeing through the old woman; I wonder whether there was truly a place where she was seen through or not.' Jue said, 'What did Elder Qing say?' The gentleman said, 'He went off like that again.' Jue said, 'Elder Qing let a move slip by. Does the Academician know that patch-robed monks throughout the world cannot escape this old woman's snare?' The gentleman said, 'There is something else to be said here: if Zhaozhou had not seen through her, he would have suffered injustice for his whole life.' Jue said, 'He has seen through her!' The gentleman laughed heartily.