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Guizong Xuan Ce (Guizong Xuan Ce, a Chan master) was a native of Caozhou. His original name was Hui Chao. He visited the master and asked, 'Hui Chao consults the master, what is Buddha?' The master said, 'You are Hui Chao.' Hui Chao attained enlightenment from this. (Yuanwu said, 'Some say that the arising of Hui (wisdom) is Buddha, so Dharma Eye answered in this way. Some say it's much like riding an ox to look for an ox. Some say the place of the question is the answer, what does it have to do with anything? If you understand it this way, you not only fail yourself but also deeply wrong the ancients.' Xuedou composed a verse, 'The spring breeze of Jiangnan cannot blow it up, the partridge cries in the deep flowers. The three-level waves are high, and the fish transforms into a dragon, the foolish man is still scooping water in the night pond.') To cite a past example, there were two hermits living in hermitages, not seeing each other for ten days. Suddenly they met, and the upper hermit asked the lower hermit, 'I haven't seen you for a long time, where have you been?' The lower hermit said, 'I have been building a seamless pagoda in the hermitage.' The upper hermit said, 'I also want to build one, can I borrow the design of your pagoda?' The lower hermit said, 'Why didn't you say so earlier? It has already been borrowed by someone else.' The master said, 'Tell me, did he borrow his design, or did he not borrow his design?' To cite a past example, there was an old monk, because a monk asked, 'When a lion catches a rabbit, it also uses all its strength; when it catches an elephant, it also uses all its strength. May I ask, what is this all the strength?' The old monk said, 'The strength of not deceiving.' The master said separately, 'Does not understand the words of the ancients.' To cite a past example, there was an old monk living in a hermitage, who wrote the character 'heart' on the door, wrote the character 'heart' on the window, and wrote the character 'heart' on the wall. The master said, 'Just write the character 'door' on the door, just write the character 'window' on the window, just write the character 'wall' on the wall.' (Xuanjue said, 'Don't write the character 'door' on the door, don't write the character 'window' on the window, don't write the character 'wall' on the wall. Why? The meaning of the characters is already clear.') To cite a past example, there was an old monk who said, 'This piece of land has been entrusted to you for a long time, I stand here, waiting for you to cultivate it.' The master said, 'This mountain monk is now sitting here, waiting for you to cultivate it. Is there any reason? Which is closer, which is more distant, try to judge and see.' To cite a past example --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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有一老宿。畜一童子。并不知轨则。有一行脚僧到。乃教童子礼仪。晚间见老宿外归。遂去问讯。老宿怪讶。遂问童子云。阿谁教尔。童云。堂中某上座。老宿唤其僧来问上。座傍家行脚。是甚么心行。这童子养来二三年了。幸自可怜生。谁教上座教坏伊。快束装起去。黄昏雨淋淋地。被趁出。师徴云。古人恁么显露些子家风甚怪。且道。意在于何。 有人问僧。点甚么灯。僧云。长明灯。云。甚么时点。云。去年点。云。长明何在。僧无语。长庆代云。若不如此。知公不受人谩。师别云。利动君子。 泗州塔头侍者。及时锁门。有人问。既是三界大师。为甚么被弟子锁。侍者无对。师代云。弟子锁。大师锁。 泗州塔前。一僧礼拜。有人问。上座日日礼拜。还见大圣么。师代云。汝道。礼拜是甚么义。 昔有施主妇人入院。行众僧随年钱。僧云。圣僧前着一分。妇人云。圣僧年多少。僧无对。师代云。心期满处即知。 昔有道流。在佛殿前。背佛而坐。僧云。道士莫背佛。道流云。大德本教中道。佛身充满于法界。向甚么处坐得。僧无对。师代云。识得汝。 福州洪塘桥上。有僧列坐。官人问。此中还有佛么。僧无对。师代云。汝是甚么人。 广南有僧住庵。国主出猎 现代汉语译本： 一位老修行，养了一个童子，却不懂规矩。来了一个云游僧，就教童子礼仪。晚上，老修行回来，童子便去问讯。老修行觉得奇怪，就问童子：‘是谁教你的？’童子说：‘是堂中的某位上座。’老修行叫来那个僧人问道：‘上座你四处云游，是存的什么心？这童子我养了二三年了，好不容易觉得他可爱，是谁教上座你把他教坏的？快收拾行李走吧！’黄昏时分，下着雨，就把他赶走了。师父评论说：‘古人这样显露出一点家风，真是奇怪。’且说，他的用意在哪里？ 有人问僧人：‘点的是什么灯？’僧人说：‘长明灯。’问：‘什么时候点的？’答：‘去年点的。’问：‘长明在哪里？’僧人无语。长庆禅师代答说：‘若不这样，就知道你不会被人欺骗。’师父另外评论说：‘利益打动君子。’ 泗州塔的侍者，按时锁门。有人问：‘既然是三界大师（指泗州大圣，被认为是观音菩萨的化身），为什么会被弟子锁起来？’侍者无言以对。师父代答说：‘弟子锁，大师锁。’ 在泗州塔前，一个僧人礼拜。有人问：‘上座你天天礼拜，见到大圣（指泗州大圣）了吗？’师父代答说：‘你说，礼拜是什么意思？’ 过去有个施主妇人到寺院，按照僧人的年资布施钱财。僧人说：‘圣僧（指寺院供奉的圣僧）前放一份。’妇人问：‘圣僧多少岁了？’僧人无言以对。师父代答说：‘心愿圆满之处就知道了。’ 过去有个道士，在佛殿前，背对着佛像而坐。僧人说：‘道士不要背对佛。’道士说：‘大德（指僧人）你们教中说，佛身充满法界，向什么地方坐才不会背对佛呢？’僧人无言以对。师父代答说：‘认得你了。’ 福州洪塘桥上，有僧人一字排开坐着。官员问：‘这里面有佛吗？’僧人无言以对。师父代答说：‘你是什么人？’ 广南有个僧人住在庵里，国王出外打猎。
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English version: An old practitioner kept a young attendant who didn't know the rules. A traveling monk arrived and taught the attendant etiquette. In the evening, the old practitioner returned and the attendant went to greet him. The old practitioner was surprised and asked the attendant, 'Who taught you this?' The attendant said, 'A certain senior monk in the hall.' The old practitioner called the monk and asked, 'Senior monk, you travel around, what is your intention? I've raised this attendant for two or three years, and I finally find him lovable. Who taught you to spoil him? Pack your bags and leave!' At dusk, in the pouring rain, he was driven out. The master commented, 'It's strange that the ancients revealed a bit of their family style like this.' And yet, what was his intention? Someone asked a monk, 'What kind of lamp are you lighting?' The monk said, 'A perpetual lamp.' The person asked, 'When did you light it?' The monk replied, 'Last year.' The person asked, 'Where is the perpetual light?' The monk was speechless. Changqing (a Zen master) answered on his behalf, 'If it weren't like this, you would know you wouldn't be deceived.' The master commented separately, 'Profit moves the gentleman.' The attendant of the Sizhou Pagoda locked the door on time. Someone asked, 'Since he is the great master of the three realms (referring to the Great Sage of Sizhou, believed to be an incarnation of Avalokiteśvara), why is he locked up by his disciple?' The attendant was speechless. The master answered on his behalf, 'The disciple locks, the master locks.' In front of the Sizhou Pagoda, a monk was bowing. Someone asked, 'Senior monk, you bow every day, have you seen the Great Sage (referring to the Great Sage of Sizhou)?' The master answered on his behalf, 'What do you say is the meaning of bowing?' In the past, there was a donor woman who came to the monastery and distributed money according to the seniority of the monks. A monk said, 'Put a share in front of the Holy Monk (referring to the holy monk enshrined in the monastery).' The woman asked, 'How old is the Holy Monk?' The monk was speechless. The master answered on his behalf, 'You will know when the heart's desire is fulfilled.' In the past, there was a Taoist who sat in front of the Buddha hall with his back to the Buddha statue. A monk said, 'Taoist, don't turn your back to the Buddha.' The Taoist said, 'Great Virtue (referring to the monk), your teachings say that the Buddha's body fills the Dharma realm, where can I sit without turning my back to the Buddha?' The monk was speechless. The master answered on his behalf, 'I recognize you.' On the Hongtang Bridge in Fuzhou, there were monks sitting in a row. An official asked, 'Is there a Buddha among them?' The monks were speechless. The master answered on his behalf, 'Who are you?' In Guangnan, there was a monk living in a hermitage. The king went out hunting. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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。左右报庵主。大王来。请起。庵主云。非但大王来。佛来亦不起。王问。佛岂不是汝师。庵主云。是。王云。见师为甚么不起。师代云。未足酬恩。 官人问僧。名甚么。云。无拣。官人云。忽然将一碗沙与上座。又作么生。云。谢官人供养。师别云。此犹是拣底昔高丽国来钱塘。刻观音圣像及舁上船。竟不能动。因请入明州开元寺供养。后有设问。无刹不现身。圣像为甚不去高丽国。长庆棱云。现身虽普。睹相生偏。师别云。识得观音来。 举世尊才生下。一手指天。一手指地。周行七步。目顾四方云。天上天下。唯我独尊。云门云。我当时若见。一棒打杀。与狗子吃。贵图天下太平。师云。云门气势甚大。要且无佛法道理。 举障蔽魔王。领诸法眷属。一千年随金刚齐菩萨。觅起处不得。忽因一日得见乃问云。汝当依何住。我一千年。觅汝起处不得。菩萨云我不依有住而住。无住而住。如是而住。师云。障蔽魔王不见金刚齐即从。只如金刚齐。还见障蔽魔王么。 举初祖迦叶尊者。一日踏泥次。有一沙弥。见乃问。尊者何得自为。祖云。我若不为。谁为我为。师云。我当时若见。拽来踏泥。 六祖示众云。吾有一物。无头无尾。无名无字。无背无面。诸人还识么。时荷泽神会出 现代汉语译本： 左右侍者禀告庵主：‘大王来了，请起身。’庵主说：‘不只是大王来，即使是佛来，我也不会起身。’大王问：‘佛难道不是你的老师吗？’庵主说：‘是。’大王说：‘见到老师为什么不起来？’庵主代庵主回答说：‘（我这样做）还不足以报答佛的恩情。’ 一位官员问僧人：‘法号是什么？’僧人回答：‘无拣（Wujian）。’官员说：‘如果忽然拿一碗沙子给上座您，您又会怎么做呢？’僧人回答：‘感谢官人供养。’师父另外评论说：‘这仍然是有拣择。’从前高丽国来钱塘，雕刻观音（Guanyin）圣像并抬上船，最终却无法移动。因此请到明州开元寺供养。后来有人提问：‘无刹不现身，圣像为什么不去高丽国？’长庆棱（Changqing Leng）说：‘现身虽然普遍，但睹相却产生偏颇。’师父另外评论说：‘要认识观音的真意。’ 世尊刚出生时，一手指天，一手指地，行走七步，环顾四方说：‘天上天下，唯我独尊。’云门（Yunmen）说：‘我当时如果见到，一棒打死，喂狗吃，为了天下太平。’师父说：‘云门的气势很大，但却没有佛法的道理。’ 障蔽魔王（Zhangbi Mowang）率领众多眷属，一千年跟随金刚齐菩萨（Jingang Qi Pusa），找不到他的起处。忽然有一天得见，于是问道：‘你究竟依什么而住？我一千年，找不到你的起处。’菩萨说：‘我不依有住而住，无住而住，如此而住。’师父说：‘障蔽魔王不见金刚齐就跟随，那么金刚齐，还见到障蔽魔王吗？’ 初祖迦叶尊者（Jiaye Zunzhe）有一天踩泥，有一沙弥（Shami）看见了，问道：‘尊者为何自己做这些事？’祖师说：‘我若不做，谁为我做？’师父说：‘我当时如果见到，拉过来一起踩泥。’ 六祖（Liuzu）对大众开示说：‘我有一物，无头无尾，无名无字，无背无面，各位还认识吗？’当时荷泽神会（Heze Shenhui）出来。
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English version: The attendants on the left and right reported to the abbot: 'The Great King has arrived, please rise.' The abbot said, 'Not only if the Great King comes, but even if the Buddha comes, I will not rise.' The King asked, 'Isn't the Buddha your teacher?' The abbot said, 'Yes.' The King said, 'Why don't you rise when you see your teacher?' The master answered on behalf of the abbot, '(My actions) are not enough to repay the Buddha's kindness.' An official asked a monk, 'What is your name?' The monk replied, 'Wujian (无拣, meaning 'no selection').' The official said, 'If I suddenly gave you, the venerable monk, a bowl of sand, what would you do?' The monk replied, 'Thank you, official, for your offering.' The master commented separately, 'This is still selective.' In the past, the Goryeo kingdom came to Qiantang to carve a statue of Guanyin (观音, Avalokiteśvara) and put it on a boat, but it could not be moved. Therefore, it was invited to Kaiyuan Temple in Mingzhou for worship. Later, someone asked, 'It manifests in every land, why didn't the statue go to Goryeo?' Changqing Leng (长庆棱) said, 'Although the manifestation is universal, seeing the form creates bias.' The master commented separately, 'Recognize the true meaning of Guanyin.' When the World Honored One was just born, he pointed one finger to the sky and one finger to the earth, walked seven steps, and looked around, saying, 'Above the heavens and below the heavens, I alone am the honored one.' Yunmen (云门) said, 'If I had seen him at that time, I would have beaten him to death with a stick and fed him to the dogs, for the sake of peace in the world.' The master said, 'Yunmen's momentum is great, but he lacks the principles of the Buddha Dharma.' The demon king Zhangbi Mowang (障蔽魔王) led many of his retinue, following the Jingang Qi Bodhisattva (金刚齐菩萨, Vajra Assembly Bodhisattva) for a thousand years, unable to find his origin. Suddenly one day he saw him and asked, 'What do you rely on to abide? I have been searching for your origin for a thousand years.' The Bodhisattva said, 'I do not abide by abiding in existence, I abide by abiding in non-existence, I abide thus.' The master said, 'The demon king Zhangbi followed without seeing Jingang Qi, so does Jingang Qi see the demon king Zhangbi?' One day, the First Ancestor, Venerable Kashyapa (迦叶尊者, Jiaye Zunzhe), was treading in the mud. A Shami (沙弥, novice monk) saw him and asked, 'Why does the Venerable One do these things himself?' The Ancestor said, 'If I don't do it, who will do it for me?' The master said, 'If I had seen him at that time, I would have dragged him over to tread in the mud together.' The Sixth Patriarch (六祖, Liuzu) addressed the assembly, saying, 'I have a thing, without head or tail, without name or word, without back or face, do you all recognize it?' At that time, Heze Shenhui (荷泽神会) came forward. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------