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English version: But the fire did not ignite. Shangu (Huang Tingjian) turned to the Zen master Sixin and said, 'The teacher's intention is nothing more than wanting this mad monk to say a few words.' Zen master Sixin said, 'I am in mourning and it is inconvenient to come out.' Shangu forced him. Zen master Sixin held the torch and said, 'It's not that the mourning brings disaster upon me, but that the immense sins cannot be forgiven. Now I leave with both feet in the air, not becoming an ox but a donkey.' Then he drew a circle with the torch and said, 'Only here can the injustice be cleared.' He threw the torch down, and it ignited immediately. When Zen Master Wuzu Fayan (Zi Heshang) lived in Dongshan, many Zen monks came to request lodging, and he could not handle them all. So he posted a notice in the attendant's room saying, 'Dongshan has three sentences. If you can say them, you will be allowed to stay.' Zen Master Xuetang said, 'In this old monk's view, this is truly what is called opening the door wide.' Someone went to the attendant's room and asked, 'I don't know what three sentences the abbot has?' Zen Master Xuetang said, 'How can you talk to a Zen monk like this?' One day, a monk brought his sitting cloth directly to the abbot's room and said to Wuzu Fayan (Zi), 'Although I cannot say them, I only ask to stay.' Wuzu Fayan (Zi) was very happy and told the director to arrange accommodation under the bright window. Nowadays, if a Zen monk has even a slight intention to beg for lodging, he would have been rejected outside the door long ago. The treasurer Jingchun was ordained at Huadu Temple in Fuzhou and studied with Abbot Xiang of Baofeng for a long time. Treasurer Jingchun had ten poems about living in the mountains, one of which said, 'Afraid of the cold, I am too lazy to shave my disheveled hair; loving warmth, I constantly add firewood. The chestnut-colored kasaya is draped haphazardly; who would bother to arrange it properly?' Abbot Xiang saw it and warned him, 'This poem is no less than Guanxiu's. I fear that the world will underestimate you because of your talent, so that people will not believe the Dharma you speak.' The hermitage master Miaopu, was from Western Shu, and paid homage to Zen Master Sixin. Later, he built a hermitage in Huating, guiding others according to circumstances, free and unrestrained. He had a verse for instructing the public, saying, 'Do not dwell on effort in the twelve hours, exhaustively pursuing until reaching the infinite. You must thoroughly penetrate the bottom of the infinite, to break through the first peak of Mount Sumeru (Xumi Shan).’ One day, because he wanted to sail the sea, he bid farewell to the monks and laity and said in verse: 'Dying sitting, dying standing, is not as good as water burial. One saves firewood, two avoids digging a grave. Letting go and leaving, how joyful. Who is my confidant? The boatman.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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和尚。高风难继百千年。一曲渔歌少人唱。由是登漆盆。张布帆。举手以谢四众。乃吹铁笛至洪波中而自没矣。三日后潮退。于沙洲上跏趺而坐。神色不动。道友几万人迎归青龙。供养五日。茶毗。舍利五色如珠无数。双鹤盘旋竟日。火尽而去。塔于青龙。寿七十一。 焦山成枯木与照阐提。俱嗣芙蓉楷。先后得法。未尝相识。照住宝峰。道声籍甚。成亦未知其如何。并不通法属书。照因遣鹏侍者丐于江浙。照自题其像曰。雨洗淡红桃萼嫩。风摇浅碧柳丝轻。白云影里怪石露。渌水光中古木清。咦。你是何人。成见。叹曰。今日方知此人亲见先师来。鹏遂请益其赞。成曰。岂不见法眼拈夹山境话曰。我二十年只作境会。鹏忽有省。 雪堂行和尚拾遗录(终) 现代汉语译本： 和尚（指雪堂行和尚）。他的高尚品格难以在百千年后继续传承。一首渔歌很少有人再唱起。于是（他）登上漆盆，张开布帆，举手向四众（比丘、比丘尼、优婆塞、优婆夷）告别，然后在洪波中吹奏铁笛，自己沉没于水中。三天后潮水退去，（人们发现他）在沙洲上跏趺而坐，神色没有改变。几万道友将他迎回青龙寺，供养五天后，进行茶毗（焚烧遗体）。舍利五色如珠，数量无数。有两只鹤盘旋了一整天，火熄灭后才离去。在青龙寺建塔供奉。享年七十一岁。 焦山成枯木禅师和照阐提禅师，都继承了芙蓉楷禅师的法脉。两人先后得法，但从未相识。照阐提禅师住在宝峰寺，他的道风声名远扬。成枯木禅师也不知道他（照阐提禅师）的情况，也没有通过书信往来。照阐提禅师于是派遣鹏侍者到江浙一带乞化。照阐提禅师自己为自己的画像题赞说：‘雨洗淡红桃萼嫩，风摇浅碧柳丝轻。白云影里怪石露，渌水光中古木清。咦，你是何人？’成枯木禅师见到后，感叹说：‘今天才知道这个人是亲身见过先师（芙蓉楷禅师）的人。’鹏侍者于是请求成枯木禅师为他题赞。成枯木禅师说：‘难道你没见过法眼禅师拈出夹山禅师的境话，说：我二十年只作境会。’鹏侍者忽然有所领悟。 《雪堂行和尚拾遗录》（终）
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English version: The monk (referring to Xue Tang Xing, 雪堂行, monk). His noble character is difficult to continue for hundreds and thousands of years. A fisherman's song is rarely sung anymore. So (he) boarded a lacquer basin, unfurled a cloth sail, raised his hand to bid farewell to the four assemblies (bhikshus, bhikshunis, upasakas, and upasikas), and then played an iron flute in the great waves, submerging himself in the water. Three days later, the tide receded, (people found him) sitting in the lotus position on the sandbar, his expression unchanged. Tens of thousands of fellow practitioners welcomed him back to Qinglong Temple (青龙寺), offering him offerings for five days, and then performed cremation (burning the remains). The relics were five-colored like pearls, countless in number. Two cranes circled all day, leaving after the fire went out. A pagoda was built at Qinglong Temple for worship. He lived to be seventy-one years old. Chan Master Jiao Shan Cheng Kumu (焦山成枯木) and Chan Master Zhao Chanti (照阐提) both inherited the Dharma lineage of Chan Master Furong Kai (芙蓉楷). The two attained the Dharma at different times but never met. Chan Master Zhao Chanti lived in Baofeng Temple (宝峰寺), and his reputation for virtue was well-known. Chan Master Cheng Kumu did not know about him (Chan Master Zhao Chanti), nor did they communicate by letter. Chan Master Zhao Chanti then sent attendant Peng (鹏) to beg for alms in the Jiangzhe (江浙) area. Chan Master Zhao Chanti himself wrote a eulogy for his own portrait, saying: 'Rain washes the light red peach buds tender, wind shakes the light green willow silk light. Strange rocks are exposed in the shadows of white clouds, ancient trees are clear in the light of green water. Hey, who are you?' Chan Master Cheng Kumu, upon seeing it, exclaimed: 'Today I know that this person has personally seen the former teacher (Chan Master Furong Kai).' Attendant Peng then asked Chan Master Cheng Kumu to write a eulogy for him. Chan Master Cheng Kumu said: 'Haven't you seen Chan Master Fayan (法眼) pick up Chan Master Jiashan's (夹山) words about the state of mind, saying: For twenty years, I have only been making associations with the state of mind.' Attendant Peng suddenly had an awakening. Supplementary Records of Monk Xuetang Xing (雪堂行和尚拾遗录) (End) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------