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English version Diligently offer incense and maintain purity. Treat everyone's affairs as your own. I deeply rejoice in this saying, considering it entirely reasonable. If ignorant people were to comment, one would be influenced by the defilement and baseness of the world, losing one's original human nature. (From 'Self-Examination Records') Chan Master Zishou Zong, surnamed Su, was the granddaughter of a prime minister during the Yuanyou era (1086-1094). At the age of fifteen, she knew nothing of what Chan (Zen) meant, only doubting people's existence in the world, not knowing where they came from when born, nor where they went after death. Thus, she collected her thoughts and suddenly had some understanding. She herself did not find it strange, thinking that the most perceptive people were probably like this. She never told anyone about it. Later, she reluctantly obeyed her parents' orders and married Xu Shouyuan of Xixu. Before long, she deeply厌恶(yanwu: detested) the world, maintained斋洁(zhaijie: purification) as usual, and wanted to live in seclusion, aspiring to emulate the ancients. So she went to visit Chan Master Jianyuan Yuan. Chan Master Yuan said, 'You are a lady of the inner chambers, how can you do the affairs of a great man?' Chan Master Zong said, 'Does the Buddha-dharma distinguish between men and women?' Chan Master Yuan questioned her, saying, 'What is Buddha?' (Chan Master Zong replied) 'The mind itself is Buddha. How do you understand it?' Chan Master Zong said, 'I have long heard that you, teacher, still say such words.' Chan Master Yuan said, 'Deshan (a famous Chan master) would strike upon entering, have you heard of it?' Chan Master Zong said, 'If the teacher can implement such an order, then you will not receive the offerings of humans and gods in vain.' Chan Master Yuan said, 'Not enough.' Chan Master Zong tapped the incense table with her hand. Chan Master Yuan said, 'There is an incense table, tap it as you please. If there is no incense table, what then?' Chan Master Zong then went out. Chan Master Yuan called out, 'What principle did you see that made you do this?' Chan Master Zong turned her head and said, 'Clearly seeing that there is nothing at all.' Chan Master Yuan said, 'This is the realm of Yongjia (a Chan master).' Chan Master Zong said, 'What's wrong with borrowing his words to express my mind?' Chan Master Yuan said, 'Truly a lion's child.' At that time, Chan Master Zhenxie was living in a hermitage in Yixing, and Chan Master Zong went directly to visit him. Chan Master Zhenxie was sitting upright on a rope bed. As soon as Chan Master Zong entered, Chan Master Zhenxie asked, 'Is it a mortal or a saint?' Chan Master Zong said, 'Where are the eyes on the top of the head?' (Chan Master Zhenxie) said, 'What about the matter presented face to face?' Chan Master Zong raised the sitting mat. Chan Master Zhenxie said, 'I am not asking about this.' Chan Master Zong said, 'Missed it.' Chan Master Zhenxie then shouted, and Chan Master Zong also shouted. Chan Master Zong visited almost all the famous Chan masters in the Jiangzhe area. Since Xu Shouyuan became an official in Jiahe, Chan Master Zong had always wanted to see Chan Master Miaoxi. It happened that Chan Master Miaoxi and Feng Jichuan were traveling to Dicheng on the same boat. Chan Master Zong heard of it and went to pay respects. Chan Master Miaoxi said to Jichuan, 'Has that Daoist (Taoist) just now ever seen gods or ghosts?' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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但未遇炉鞴煅炼。恰如万斛舟在绝潢断港中。未能转动尔。冯轩渠曰。谈何容易邪。妙喜曰他若回头定须别。翌日寿源命喜说法。喜顾众曰。今此间却有个有见处人。山僧验人如掌关吏。才见其来便知有无税物。及下坐。总遂求道号。喜以无著名之。明年闻径山法席盛。即往度夏。一夕宴坐忽有契悟。颂曰。蓦然撞着鼻头。伎俩冰消瓦解。达磨何必西来。二祖枉施三拜。更问如何若何。一队草贼大败。喜复之曰。汝既悟活祖师意。一刀两断直下了。临机一一任天真。世出世间无剩少。我作此偈为证明。四圣六凡尽惊扰。休惊扰。碧眼胡儿犹未晓。总因入室。喜问曰。适来者僧祇对。汝且道老僧何故不肯他。曰争怪得妙总。喜举竹篦云。汝唤者个作甚么。总曰苍天苍天。喜便打。总曰和尚他后错打人去在。喜曰。打得着便休。管甚错不错。总曰专为流通。总一日礼辞旋里。喜曰汝下山去。有人问此间法道。如何祇对。总曰未到径山不妨疑着。喜曰到后如何。总曰依旧孟春犹寒。喜曰恁么祇对岂不钝置径山。总掩耳而出。由是一众歆艳。无著之名大著于世。晦藏既久遂服方袍。师年德虽重持律甚严。苦节自砺有前辈典刑。太守张安国以师道望。命出世资寿。未几求谢。事归老家墅焉。(投机传) 道昙法师。常州人 现代汉语译本：但是没有遇到炉火锻造。恰如装满万斛的船只停在没有水流的断港中，不能转动啊。冯轩渠说：‘谈何容易啊！’妙喜说：‘他如果回头，必定会有所不同。’第二天，寿源命妙喜说法。妙喜看着众人说：‘现在这里却有一个有见识的人。’山僧我验人就像看守关卡的官吏，才看到来人就知道有没有应税的货物。等到下座后，妙总就请求赐予道号。妙喜赐他名为‘无著’。第二年，听说径山（寺庙名）的佛法兴盛，就前往那里度过夏天。一天晚上宴坐时忽然有所领悟，作颂说：‘蓦然撞着鼻头，伎俩冰消瓦解。达磨（菩提达摩）何必西来？二祖（慧可）枉施三拜。更问如何若何，一队草贼大败。’妙喜回复他说：‘你既然领悟了活祖师的意旨，就要一刀两断，直截了当。临机应变，一一任凭天真，世间和出世间都没有剩余。我作这首偈语为你证明，四圣六凡都惊扰。休要惊扰，碧眼胡儿（达摩）还是不明白。’妙总因为入室请教，妙喜问他说：‘刚才那个僧人这样对答，你且说说老僧我为什么不认可他？’妙总说：‘怎么能怪得了妙总呢？’妙喜举起竹篦说：‘你叫这个作什么？’妙总说：‘苍天苍天！’妙喜就打他。妙总说：‘和尚你以后会错打人的。’妙喜说：‘打得着就休，管他错不错。’妙总说：‘专为流通佛法。’妙总有一天告辞妙喜返回家乡。妙喜说：‘你下山去，如果有人问这里的佛法如何，你如何回答？’妙总说：‘未到径山不妨疑着。’妙喜说：‘到后如何？’妙总说：‘依旧孟春犹寒。’妙喜说：‘这样回答岂不是迟钝了径山？’妙总捂着耳朵走了出去。因此，大家都羡慕他，无著（妙总的道号）的名字大为世人所知。他隐藏锋芒很久，于是穿上僧袍。妙总法师年龄和德行虽然很高，但持戒非常严格，刻苦自励，有前辈的风范。太守张安国因为妙总法师的道望，命他出世住持资寿寺（寺庙名）。没多久，妙总请求辞谢，回家乡的别墅养老。（《投机传》） 道昙法师，常州人。
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English version: But he had not encountered the furnace to be tempered. It was just like a boat loaded with ten thousand 'hu' (斛, unit of volume) stranded in a streamless, broken harbor, unable to move. Feng Xuanqu said, 'How easy is it to talk about!' Miaoxi said, 'If he turns his head, he must be different.' The next day, Shouyuan ordered Miaoxi to preach. Miaoxi looked at the crowd and said, 'Now there is someone here who has insight.' This mountain monk examines people like a gatekeeper, knowing whether there are taxable goods as soon as he sees them coming. After he stepped down from the seat, Miaozong then asked for a religious name. Miaoxi gave him the name 'Wuzhuo' (无著, meaning 'unattached'). The following year, hearing that the Dharma assembly at Jingshan (径山, a mountain and monastery name) was flourishing, he went there to spend the summer. One evening, while meditating, he suddenly had an epiphany and composed a verse: 'Suddenly bumping into the nose, skills melt like ice and tiles crumble. Why did Bodhidharma (达磨) need to come from the West? The Second Patriarch (二祖, Huike 慧可) wasted three bows. Asking further how and what, a band of grass bandits is utterly defeated.' Miaoxi replied to him, 'Since you have understood the meaning of the living patriarch, you must cut it off with one stroke, directly and decisively. Respond to situations as they arise, letting everything be natural, with nothing left over in the mundane and supramundane realms. I compose this verse to certify you, startling the Four Sages and Six Realms. Stop the commotion, the blue-eyed barbarian (碧眼胡儿, referring to Bodhidharma) still does not understand.' Because Miaozong entered the room for instruction, Miaoxi asked him, 'That monk just answered like that, tell me why I, the old monk, did not approve of him?' Miaozong said, 'How can you blame Miaozong?' Miaoxi raised a bamboo staff and said, 'What do you call this?' Miaozong said, 'Heaven, heaven!' Miaoxi then hit him. Miaozong said, 'Venerable monk, you will mistakenly hit people in the future.' Miaoxi said, 'If I hit, then so be it, what does it matter whether it's a mistake or not?' Miaozong said, 'Especially for the circulation of the Dharma.' One day, Miaozong bid farewell to Miaoxi to return to his hometown. Miaoxi said, 'When you go down the mountain, if someone asks about the Dharma here, how will you answer?' Miaozong said, 'Before reaching Jingshan, it's okay to doubt.' Miaoxi said, 'What about after arriving?' Miaozong said, 'Still, the early spring is cold.' Miaoxi said, 'Wouldn't such an answer dull Jingshan?' Miaozong covered his ears and walked out. Because of this, everyone envied him, and the name of Wuzhuo (无著, Miaozong's religious name) became widely known in the world. He hid his talents for a long time, and then put on the monk's robe. Although Master Miaozong's age and virtue were high, he kept the precepts very strictly, diligently encouraging himself, and had the model of his predecessors. The prefect Zhang Anguo, because of Master Miaozong's reputation, ordered him to come out and preside over Zishou Temple (资寿寺, a temple name). Before long, Miaozong asked to resign and returned to his villa in his hometown. (From 'Biography of Speculation') Dàotán (道昙) Dharma Master, from Changzhou. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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。于禅定中得慈忍三昧。有猿鸟常供花果。乃为受戒说法而去。至夜施鬼神食时祝之曰。食吾食。受吾法。同为法侣。年九十余而四方师事。受法者皆新学少年。师凡阅经。炷香九。礼趺坐良久。然后开帙。常训诸徒曰。夫窥圣教。意在明宗。若不端己虚心。争到如来境界。诚匪小缘。莫生容易。(孙仲益碑) 郭道人。世为铁工。常参景德忠禅师。忠曰。汝但去其所重。扣己而参。无有不办。忠一日上堂。举善恶如浮云起灭俱无处。郭于言下忽然心开。自是出语异常。及卒别亲故。趺坐说偈曰。六十三年打铁。日夜扇𢵓不歇。今朝放下铁锤。红炉变成白雪。(类说) 伊庵权禅师。临安昌化祁氏子。幼庄重嶷然如成人。十四得度。通内外学。依无庵全禅师。用工甚锐。至晚必垂泪曰。今日又只么空过。未知来日工夫如何。师在众不与人交一词。毅然自处。人莫能亲疏之。尝夜坐达旦。行粥者至忘展钵。邻人以手触之。师感悟。为偈曰。黑漆昆仑把钓竿。古帆高挂下惊湍。芦花影里弄明月。引得盲龟上钓舡。无庵喜以为类己。乾道间出应万年。宿学老师见其威仪。听其举扬。皆拱手心醉。内外万指井井然。如入官府。师所至行道。与众同其劳。尚书尤公袤曰。住持者安坐演法。何至躬头陁行邪。师曰。不 现代汉语译本 在禅定中获得慈忍三昧（一种禅定境界）。有猿猴和鸟类经常供奉花果。于是为它们授戒说法后离去。到了晚上施食鬼神时祝愿说：‘吃我的食物，接受我的佛法，共同成为佛法的伴侣。’九十多岁时，四方的人都来拜他为师。接受佛法的人都是新学的少年。老师每次阅读佛经，都要点燃九支香，恭敬地跪坐很久，然后才打开经书。常常教导弟子们说：‘探究圣人的教诲，意在明白宗旨。如果不端正自己，虚心学习，争夺如来的境界，确实不是小小的缘分，不要轻易产生懈怠之心。’（孙仲益碑） 郭道人，世代以打铁为业。经常参拜景德忠禅师。忠禅师说：‘你只要去除你所看重的东西，反省自己而参悟，没有什么不能办到的。’有一天，忠禅师上堂说法，举例说善恶就像浮云一样，生起和消灭都没有固定的地方。郭道人在这些话语下忽然心开。从此说出的话语与众不同。临终时，他向亲友告别，盘腿打坐，说偈语说：‘六十三年打铁，日夜拉风箱不停歇。今天放下铁锤，红炉变成白雪。’（类说） 伊庵权禅师，是临安昌化祁家的儿子。从小就庄重成熟，像个成年人。十四岁时出家，精通内外学问。依止无庵全禅师，用功非常刻苦。到了晚上必定流泪说：‘今天又只是这样空过了，不知道明天的功夫如何。’禅师在僧众中不与人交谈一句，坚定地独处。人们无法亲近或疏远他。曾经夜晚打坐到天亮。负责分粥的人来了，他忘记了伸出钵。邻人用手碰了他一下，禅师因此感悟，作偈语说：‘黑漆昆仑拿着钓竿，高高挂起古老的船帆，顺着湍急的水流而下。在芦苇花的影子中拨弄明月，引得瞎眼的海龟爬上钓船。’无庵禅师很高兴，认为他像自己。乾道（1165-1173）年间，禅师出山应邀住持万年寺。年长的学僧和老师们看到他的威仪，听到他的说法，都拱手表示敬佩，内心陶醉。寺内寺外，一切都井然有序，如同进入官府一样。禅师所到之处都身体力行，与大众一同劳动。尚书尤公袤说：‘住持应该安坐演法，为什么还要弯腰行走呢？’禅师说：‘不’