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English version: The Master said, 'Even the Holy Truths are not clung to.' Yunyan asked, 'Are you still pleased?' The Master said, 'It's not that there's no pleasure, like picking up a bright pearl from a pile of dung.' The Master asked Yunyan, 'When you intend to meet, what will you do?' Yunyan said, 'Ask the Master of Ceremonies (the person in charge of conveying information).' The Master said, 'I am asking now.' Yunyan said, 'What did (the Master of Ceremonies) say to you?' Yunyan was making straw sandals. The Master stepped forward and said, 'Can I beg for the Master's eyes?' Yunyan said, 'Where have your eyes gone?' The Master said, 'Liangjia (the Master's Dharma name) doesn't have any.' Yunyan said, 'Even if you have them, where would you put them?' The Master was speechless. Yunyan said, 'Is the one begging for eyes, eyes?' The Master said, 'Not eyes.' Yunyan immediately shouted. The Master bid farewell to Yunyan. Yunyan asked, 'Where are you going?' The Master said, 'Although I am leaving the Venerable Monk, I have not yet decided where to go.' Yunyan said, 'Are you going to Hunan?' The Master said, 'No.' Yunyan said, 'Are you returning home?' The Master said, 'No.' Yunyan said, 'When will you return?' The Master said, 'I will come when the Venerable Monk has a place to stay.' Yunyan said, 'After this farewell, it will be difficult to meet again.' The Master said, 'It will be difficult not to meet.' Before leaving, he asked again, 'A hundred years from now, if someone asks whether they can still depict the Master's true likeness, how should I answer?' Yunyan was silent for a long time and said, 'Just this.' The Master hesitated. Yunyan said, 'Dharma Master Jia (an honorific for Liangjia), to undertake this matter, you must examine it carefully.' The Master was still doubtful. Later, because he saw his reflection while crossing a river, he greatly understood the previous meaning. There is a verse that says, 'Absolutely avoid seeking it from others, the more you seek, the more distant it becomes from me. Now I go alone, everywhere I can meet it. It is now precisely me, I am now not it. You should understand it in this way, in order to be in accord with Suchness (true reality).' Another day, because he was making offerings to Yunyan's true body, a monk asked, 'The late Master said "Just this," is that an affirmation?' The Master said, 'Yes.' The monk asked, 'What is the meaning?' The Master said, 'At that time, I almost misunderstood the late Master's meaning.' The monk asked, 'I don't know if the late Master knew about this?' The Master said, 'If he didn't know about it, how could he have said it like that? If he knew about it, how could he have been willing to say it like that?' (Changqing Leng said, 'Since he knew about it, why did he say it like that?' He also said, 'Only when you raise a son do you know the father's love.') The Master was holding a vegetarian feast on the anniversary of Yunyan's death. A monk asked, 'And' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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尚于云岩处。得何指示。师云。虽在彼中。不蒙指示。云。既不蒙指示。又用设斋作甚么。师云。争敢违背他。云。和尚初见南泉。为甚么却与云岩设斋。师云。我不重先师道德佛法。祇重他不为我说破。云。和尚为先师设斋。还肯先师也无。师云。半肯半不肯。云。为甚么不全肯。师云。若全肯。即孤负先师也。师自唐大中末。于新丰山。接诱学徒。厥后盛化豫章高安之洞山。权开五位。善接三根。大阐一音。广弘万品。横抽宝剑。剪诸见之稠林。妙叶弘通。截万端之穿凿。又得曹山。深明的旨。妙唱嘉猷。道合君臣。偏正回互。由是。洞上玄风。播于天下。故诸方宗匠。咸共推尊之。曰洞曹宗。 云岩示众云。有个人家儿子。问着无有道不得底。师出问云。他屋里。有多少典籍。云岩云。一字也无。师云。争得恁么多知。云岩云。日夜不曾眠。师云。问一段事。还得否。云岩云。道得却不道。 院主游石室回。云岩问。汝去入到石室里许。为祇恁么便回。院主无对。师代云。彼中已有人占了也。云岩云。汝更去作甚么。师云。不可人情断绝去也。 云岩问一尼云。汝爷在否。尼云。在。云岩云。年多少。尼云。年八十。云岩云。汝有个爷。不年八十。汝还知否。尼云。莫是恁么来者么。云岩云 现代汉语译本 （洞山良价禅师）还在云岩禅师处时，得到了什么指示？洞山禅师说：‘虽然我在那里，但没有得到任何指示。’（学人）问：‘既然没有得到任何指示，又为什么要设斋供养呢？’洞山禅师说：‘怎敢违背他呢？’（学人）问：‘和尚您最初见到南泉禅师时，为什么现在却为云岩禅师设斋呢？’洞山禅师说：‘我不看重先师的道德佛法，只看重他不为我说破（真谛）。’（学人）问：‘和尚您为先师设斋，是完全肯定先师吗？’洞山禅师说：‘一半肯定，一半不肯定。’（学人）问：‘为什么不完全肯定呢？’洞山禅师说：‘如果完全肯定，就辜负了先师了。’洞山禅师自从唐大中末年，在新丰山接引学徒，后来在豫章高安的洞山盛行教化，权巧地开示五位（五位君臣），善于接引上、中、下三种根器的人，广泛地阐扬唯一的真理，弘扬万种法门，横向抽出智慧的宝剑，剪除各种知见的稠密森林，精妙的教义弘扬流通，截断各种穿凿附会的言论。又得到曹山（曹山本寂禅师）的辅佐，深刻地阐明宗旨，美妙地唱出嘉言懿行，教义与君臣之道相合，偏与正相互回互。因此，洞山宗的玄妙风范，传播于天下。所以各地的宗师，都共同推崇它，称之为洞曹宗。 云岩禅师向大众开示说：‘有个人家的儿子，问什么都能说得出来。’洞山禅师出来问：‘他家里有多少典籍？’云岩禅师说：‘一个字也没有。’洞山禅师说：‘怎么会知道这么多呢？’云岩禅师说：‘日夜不曾睡觉。’洞山禅师说：‘问一段事情，可以吗？’云岩禅师说：‘说得出却不说。’ 院主从游览石室回来，云岩禅师问：‘你去了石室里面，就只是这样便回来了吗？’院主无言以对。洞山禅师代替回答说：‘那里已经有人占了。’云岩禅师说：‘你再去干什么？’洞山禅师说：‘不可人情断绝啊。’ 云岩禅师问一个尼姑：‘你父亲在吗？’尼姑说：‘在。’云岩禅师问：‘年纪多大？’尼姑说：‘年纪八十。’云岩禅师说：‘你有个父亲，不年八十，你还知道吗？’尼姑说：‘莫非是这样来的吗？’云岩禅师说：
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English version When (Zen Master Dongshan Liangjie) was still at Yunyan's (Zen Master Yunyan Tansheng) place, what instructions did he receive? Master Dongshan said, 'Although I was there, I did not receive any instructions.' (A student) asked, 'Since you did not receive any instructions, then why did you hold a vegetarian feast?' Master Dongshan said, 'How dare I disobey him?' (A student) asked, 'When you first met Nanquan (Zen Master Nanquan Puyuan), why do you now hold a vegetarian feast for Yunyan?' Master Dongshan said, 'I do not value the morality, Dharma, and Buddha-dharma of the former teacher, I only value that he did not explain it to me (the ultimate truth).' (A student) asked, 'When you hold a vegetarian feast for the former teacher, do you completely affirm the former teacher?' Master Dongshan said, 'Half affirm, half not affirm.' (A student) asked, 'Why not completely affirm?' Master Dongshan said, 'If I completely affirm, then I would be letting down the former teacher.' Since the end of the Da Zhong era of the Tang Dynasty, Zen Master Dongshan had been receiving students at Mount Xinfeng. Later, his teachings flourished at Dongshan in Gao'an, Yuzhang. He skillfully opened up the Five Ranks (Five Positions of the Prince and Minister), and was good at receiving people of the three roots (superior, middling, and inferior). He widely expounded the One Vehicle (Ekayana), and propagated the myriad Dharmas. He drew the sword of wisdom horizontally, cutting down the dense forest of various views. His profound teachings were widely circulated, cutting off all kinds of far-fetched interpretations. He also obtained the assistance of Caoshan (Zen Master Caoshan Benji), who deeply clarified the principles and beautifully sang the auspicious words and deeds. The teachings were in accordance with the way of the ruler and ministers, with the relative and the absolute interchanging. Therefore, the profound style of the Dongshan school spread throughout the world. Therefore, the masters of various regions all respected it, calling it the Caodong school. Yunyan (Zen Master Yunyan Tansheng) addressed the assembly, saying, 'There is a son of a certain family who can answer anything you ask him.' Master Dongshan came out and asked, 'How many books does he have in his house?' Yunyan said, 'Not a single word.' Master Dongshan said, 'How does he know so much?' Yunyan said, 'He never sleeps day or night.' Master Dongshan said, 'Is it possible to ask about a certain matter?' Yunyan said, 'He can speak of it, but he does not speak.' The monastery director returned from visiting the stone chamber. Yunyan asked, 'You went into the stone chamber, and just came back like this?' The monastery director had no reply. Master Dongshan replied on his behalf, 'Someone has already occupied that place.' Yunyan said, 'What are you going there for again?' Master Dongshan said, 'We cannot cut off human relations.' Yunyan asked a nun, 'Is your father alive?' The nun said, 'Yes.' Yunyan asked, 'How old is he?' The nun said, 'Eighty years old.' Yunyan said, 'You have a father who is not eighty years old, do you know that?' The nun said, 'Could it be that which comes in this way?' Yunyan said, --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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。犹是儿孙。师云。直是不与么来者。亦是儿孙。 师参方到鲁祖。礼拜起侍立。少顷而出。却再入来。鲁祖云。祇恁么。祇恁么。所以如此。师云。大有人不肯。鲁祖云。作么取汝口辩。师便礼拜。乃侍奉数月。 僧问鲁祖。如何是不言言。鲁祖云。汝口在甚么处。僧云。无口。鲁祖云。将甚么吃饭。僧无对。师代云。他不饥。吃甚么饭。 师参南源。上法堂。南源云。已相见了也。师便下去。明日却上。问云。昨日已蒙和尚慈悲。不知甚么处是与某甲已相见处。南源云。心心无间断。流入于性海。师云。几合放过。师辞。南源云。多学佛法。广作利益。师云。多学佛法即不问。如何是广作利益。南源云。一物莫违。 师到京兆。礼拜兴平和尚。兴平云。莫礼老朽。师云。礼非老朽。兴平云。非老朽者不受礼。师云。他亦不止。师却问。如何是古佛心。兴平云。即汝心是。师云。虽然如此。犹是某甲疑处。兴平云。若恁么。即问取木人去。师云。某甲有一句子。不借诸圣口。兴平云。汝试道看。师云。不是某甲。师辞。兴平云。甚么处去。师云。㳂流无定止。兴平云。法身㳂流。报身㳂流。师云。总不作此解。兴平乃拊掌(保福展云。洞山自是一家。乃别云。觅得几人)。 师与密 现代汉语译本： ‘即使是这样，仍然是你的子孙。’洞山良价禅师说：‘直接说不这样来的，也是你的子孙。’ 洞山良价禅师参学时到了鲁祖禅师处，礼拜后站立侍候。过了一会儿出来，又再次进去。鲁祖禅师说：‘就是这样吗？就是这样吗？所以才这样。’洞山良价禅师说：‘有很多人不肯承认。’鲁祖禅师说：‘要你的口头辩解做什么？’洞山良价禅师于是礼拜，并在那里侍奉了几个月。 有僧人问鲁祖禅师：‘如何是不言之言？’鲁祖禅师说：‘你的口在哪里？’僧人说：‘没有口。’鲁祖禅师说：‘用什么吃饭？’僧人无言以对。洞山良价禅师代为回答说：‘他不饿，吃什么饭？’ 洞山良价禅师参学南源禅师，登上法堂。南源禅师说：‘已经相见了。’洞山良价禅师便下去了。第二天又上去，问道：‘昨天已经蒙受和尚的慈悲，不知道哪里是与我相见之处？’南源禅师说：‘心心无间断，流入于性海。’洞山良价禅师说：‘几乎错过了。’洞山良价禅师告辞。南源禅师说：‘多学佛法，广作利益。’洞山良价禅师说：‘多学佛法就不问了，如何是广作利益？’南源禅师说：‘一物莫违。’ 洞山良价禅师到了京兆，礼拜兴平（Xingping）和尚。兴平和尚说：‘不要礼拜我这个老朽之人。’洞山良价禅师说：‘礼拜的不是老朽之人。’兴平和尚说：‘不是老朽之人，不受你的礼拜。’洞山良价禅师说：‘他也不会停止。’洞山良价禅师反问道：‘如何是古佛心？’兴平和尚说：‘就是你的心。’洞山良价禅师说：‘即使是这样，仍然是我的疑惑之处。’兴平和尚说：‘如果这样，就去问木头人吧。’洞山良价禅师说：‘我有一句话，不借用诸圣的口。’兴平和尚说：‘你试着说看。’洞山良价禅师说：‘不是我。’洞山良价禅师告辞。兴平和尚说：‘去哪里？’洞山良价禅师说：‘随波逐流，没有固定的去处。’兴平和尚说：‘法身（Dharmakaya）随波逐流，报身（Sambhogakaya）随波逐流。’洞山良价禅师说：‘总不作这样的解释。’于是兴平和尚拍手赞叹（保福展（Baofu Zhan）说：‘洞山（Dongshan）自成一家。’又说：‘能找到几个人？’） 洞山良价禅师与密（Mi）