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English version: Sharing pain where there is none. Truly a resolute man. In the end, he presses down on the words and adds some phrases. It can be said that he lost both his money and suffered the consequences, with the misfortune extending to the root. How unjust, how painful. Although, the old woman Xing is not well-intentioned either, much like crying injustice while holding stolen goods. How can justice be served after all? Heavens, heavens. What is offered is the truth. Singing: 'Silently fighting to the death, meticulously contending for length, the heavenly eye gazes afar, greatly emitting light. To persuade the old woman Xing to cease her reckless weeping, how many know the pain that comes from the depths of the heart?' Old Woman Xing Chan Master Changzi Kuang of Tanzhou (a monk of the late Tang and Five Dynasties period) encountered Old Woman Xing's visit. The master then asked, 'Do you remember what happened in Jiangzhou?' The old woman said, 'If it weren't for you, Master, who would know?' The master said, 'Mostly false, rarely true.' The old woman said, 'What is there to hide?' The master said, 'Considering you are a woman, I'll let you off.' The old woman said, 'I have never seen any fault in you, venerable monk.' The master said, 'Where is the old monk's fault?' The old woman said, 'If the monk has no fault, how could I, an old woman, have any fault?' The master said, 'What should a person without fault do?' Thereupon, the old woman raised her fist and said, 'Like this, everything is turned upside down.' The master said, 'There is really nothing to hide.' (Hanshan Deqing commented: 'How strange, a secular teacher, with white hair and missing teeth, still sees the faults of others. Although this old woman is a woman, her poisonous fist stands alone, able to release and retract. Why should you, Master, hide yourself, deliberately put on shackles, and cry injustice? It's like a blind man walking backward, isn't it too wronged? How can the injustice be redressed after all? It's easy to turn stone into gold and jade, but it's difficult to persuade people to eliminate right and wrong. Singing: 'A lone dog barks at emptiness, a thousand monkeys snarl at reality. Forcibly bending the straight into crooked, who will eat the stick?') Old Woman of Mount Tai A monk was traveling on Mount Wutai and asked an old woman, 'Which way leads to Mount Tai?' The old woman said, 'Go straight ahead.' The monk then left. The old woman said, 'What a monk, leaving like that again.' Later, a monk told Chan Master Zhaozhou (778-897) about this. Zhaozhou said, 'Wait for me to investigate.' The next day, Zhaozhou went and asked, 'Which way leads to Mount Tai?' The old woman said, 'Go straight ahead.' Zhaozhou then left. The old woman said, 'What a monk, leaving like that again.' Zhaozhou returned to the monastery and said to the monks, 'The old woman of Mount Tai has been seen through by me.' (Chan Master Xuanjue said --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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。前来僧也恁么道。赵州去也恁么道。甚么处是勘破婆子处。又云。非唯被赵州勘破。亦被这僧勘破)。 (雪窦显。到曾学士处。曾问。尝与清长老。商量赵州勘婆话。端的有勘破处么。窦云。清长老道个甚么。曾云。又与么去也。窦云。清老且放过一着。学士还知天下衲僧出这婆子圈䙡不得么。曾云。这里别有个道处。赵州若不勘破婆子。一生受屈。窦云。勘破了也)。 (真净云。赵州若点捡来。也好吃婆手中棒。且道赵州过在甚么处。若知赵州过。方解不受人谩。归宗门下。莫有不受人谩底么。喝一喝下座)。 (径山杲颂。天下禅和说勘破。争知赵州已话堕。引得儿孙不丈夫。人人点过冷地卧)。 (蒙庵岳颂。本是山中人。爱说山中话。五月卖松风。人间恐无价)。 (高峰拈云。这个公案。若据诸方判断。赵州勘破婆子。若据高峰点捡将来。正是婆子勘破赵州。毕竟以何为验。以手指云。蓦直去。颂云。自小丹青𦘕不成。年来始觉艺方精。等闲掷笔成龙去。换却时人眼里睛)。 (语风信拈云。台山路上。少这婆子不得。自从赵州勘破后。直至于今草漫漫地。东倒西擂。颂云。台山婆台山婆。死去十分没柰何。开眼受人穿鼻孔。恶人自有恶人魔)。 (憨 （有僧人前来也这样说，赵州禅师（一位著名的禅宗大师）离去也这样说。哪里是勘破老妇的地方？又说，不仅仅被赵州禅师勘破，也被这位僧人勘破）。 （雪窦显禅师到曾学士处，曾学士问：‘我曾经与清长老商量赵州勘婆话，到底有没有勘破的地方？’雪窦显禅师问：‘清长老说了什么？’曾学士说：‘又这样过去了。’雪窦显禅师说：‘清长老且放过一着。学士您知道天下禅僧都逃不出这老妇的圈套吗？’曾学士说：‘这里别有一番道理。赵州禅师若不勘破老妇，一生都要受委屈。’雪窦显禅师说：‘已经勘破了’）。 （真净禅师说：‘赵州禅师如果仔细检查，也好吃婆子手中的棒。且说赵州禅师的过错在哪里？如果知道赵州禅师的过错，才能不被人欺骗。归宗门下，难道有不被人欺骗的吗？’喝一声，下座）。 （径山杲禅师颂：‘天下禅和说勘破，争知赵州已话堕。引得儿孙不丈夫，人人点过冷地卧’）。 （蒙庵岳禅师颂：‘本是山中人，爱说山中话。五月卖松风，人间恐无价’）。 （高峰禅师拈云：‘这个公案，如果按照诸方的判断，是赵州禅师勘破了老妇。如果按照高峰禅师的观点来看，正是老妇勘破了赵州禅师。到底以什么为验证？’用手指着说：‘径直去。’颂曰：‘自小丹青画不成，年来始觉艺方精。等闲掷笔成龙去，换却时人眼里睛’）。 （语风信禅师拈云：‘五台山（佛教名山）路上，少不了这位老妇。自从赵州禅师勘破后，直到如今草都长满了，东倒西歪。’颂曰：‘台山婆，台山婆，死去十分没办法。开眼受人穿鼻孔，恶人自有恶人磨’）。 （憨山德清禅师
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(The monks who come here say the same thing. Zhaozhou (a famous Chan master) also says the same thing when he leaves. Where is the place to see through the old woman? It is also said that not only was he seen through by Zhaozhou, but also by this monk). (When Xuedou Xian (Chan master) went to Scholar Zeng's place, Zeng asked, 'I once discussed Zhaozhou's examination of the old woman with Elder Qing. Is there really a place to see through?' Xuedou said, 'What did Elder Qing say?' Zeng said, 'It's gone again like that.' Xuedou said, 'Elder Qing should let it go for now. Does the scholar know that all the monks in the world cannot escape the old woman's trap?' Zeng said, 'There is another way to say it here. If Zhaozhou did not see through the old woman, he would suffer injustice all his life.' Xuedou said, 'He has already seen through it'). (Zen Master Zhenjing said, 'If Zhaozhou were to examine it carefully, he would also deserve a beating from the old woman's stick. But where is Zhaozhou's fault? If you know Zhaozhou's fault, you can avoid being deceived. Among the disciples of Guizong, is there anyone who is not deceived?' He shouted once and descended from the seat). (Zen Master Jingshan Gao's verse: 'All the Chan monks in the world talk about seeing through, but they argue that Zhaozhou has already fallen into words. Leading the descendants to be unmanly, everyone points and sleeps coldly on the ground'). (Zen Master Meng'an Yue's verse: 'Originally a person from the mountains, I love to talk about mountain affairs. Selling the wind of pines in May, it is feared that it is priceless in the human world'). (Zen Master Gaofeng said, 'According to the judgment of various parties, Zhaozhou saw through the old woman in this case. According to Zen Master Gaofeng's point of view, it was the old woman who saw through Zhaozhou. What is the verification after all?' Pointing with his finger, he said, 'Go straight ahead.' Verse: 'I couldn't paint well when I was young, but in recent years I have realized that my skills are exquisite. Casually throwing the brush and turning into a dragon, changing the eyes of the people of the time'). (Zen Master Yufeng Xin said, 'This old woman is indispensable on the road to Mount Wutai (a famous Buddhist mountain). Since Zhaozhou saw through it, the grass has been overgrown until now, falling to the east and leaning to the west.' Verse: 'Old woman of Mount Wutai, old woman of Mount Wutai, there is nothing to do when you die. Opening your eyes and being pierced through the nostrils, evil people have their own evil demons'). (Zen Master Hanshan Deqing --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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山评云。要知山下路。且问过来人。这僧姑放在一边。还识赵州落处未。恰才多口。依前讨个台山路头。早已蹉过八千去也。唱云。荡荡一条古路。娘未生时走过。无端老子话堕。刚被阿婆勘破)。 转藏婆 有一婆子。令人送钱。请转藏经。赵州受施利了。却下禅床转一匝。乃曰。传语婆。转藏经已竟。其人回举似婆。婆曰。比来请转全藏。如何祇为转半藏(玄觉云。甚么处是欠半藏处。且道。那婆子具甚么眼。便与么道)。 (径山杲云。众中商量道。如何是那半藏。或云。再绕一匝。或弹指一下。或咳𠻳一声。或喝一喝。或拍一拍。恁么见解。只是不识羞。若是那半藏。莫道赵州更绕一匝。直饶百千万亿匝。于婆子分上。只得半藏。设使更绕须弥山百千万亿匝。于婆子分上。亦只得半藏。假饶天下。老和尚。共如是绕百千万亿匝。于婆子分上。也只得半藏。设使山河大地。森罗万象。若草若木。各具广长舌相。异口同音。从今日转到尽未来际。于婆子分上。亦只得半藏。诸人要识婆子么。良久云。鸳鸯绣出从。君看。不把金针度与人)。 (楚石琦云。这婆子谓。赵州只转半藏。弄假像真。当时只消道何不向未绕禅床时会取)。 (憨山评云。五千六八。波罗揭谛。苟完大藏。 现代汉语译本： 山评云：‘要知道山下的路，就去问问过来人。’这僧姑且放在一边，可曾识得赵州的落脚处？刚一多嘴，依旧是讨个五台山的路头，早已错过八千里了。唱道：‘荡荡一条古路，娘未生时就走过。无端老子话堕，刚被阿婆勘破。’ 转藏婆 有一位老妇人，让人送钱，请僧人转藏经。赵州（丛谂禅师）接受了施舍，于是走下禅床绕了一圈，说道：‘告诉老妇人，转藏经已经完毕。’那人回去把情况告诉了老妇人。老妇人说：‘我本来请转全藏，为何只转了半藏？’（玄觉禅师说：‘哪里是欠缺半藏的地方？且说，那位老妇人有什么样的眼力，竟然这么说？’） （径山杲禅师说：‘众人商量道，如何是那半藏？有人说，再绕一圈，或者弹指一下，或者咳嗽一声，或者喝一声，或者拍一下。这样的见解，只是不知羞耻。如果是那半藏，莫说赵州再绕一圈，纵然绕百千万亿圈，在老妇人那里，也只得到半藏。即使再绕须弥山百千万亿圈，在老妇人那里，也只得到半藏。假如天下老和尚，都像这样绕百千万亿圈，在老妇人那里，也只得到半藏。即使山河大地，森罗万象，若草若木，各自具有广长的舌头，异口同声，从今日转到未来无尽时，在老妇人那里，也只得到半藏。诸位想认识这位老妇人吗？’良久说道：‘鸳鸯绣出从君看，不把金针度与人。’） （楚石琦禅师说：‘这位老妇人说赵州只转了半藏，弄假像真。当时只需说道，为何不在未绕禅床时领会？’） （憨山德清评云：‘五千六八，波罗揭谛，苟且完成大藏。’）
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English version: Shan Ping commented: 'If you want to know the road down the mountain, ask the person who has come this way.' Let's put this nun aside for now. Have you recognized where Zhao Zhou (Zen Master Congshen) landed? Just one extra word, and you're still asking for the road to Mount Wutai, already missing it by eight thousand miles. He sang: 'A vast ancient road, walked before my mother was born. The old man's words fell short for no reason, and were just seen through by the old woman.' The Sutra-Turning Woman There was an old woman who sent money through someone, asking a monk to turn the Tripitaka (Buddhist scriptures). Zhao Zhou (Zen Master Congshen) accepted the offering, then stepped down from the Zen bed and circled it once, saying: 'Tell the old woman, the turning of the Tripitaka is complete.' The person returned and told the old woman about it. The old woman said: 'I originally asked for the turning of the entire Tripitaka, why was only half of it turned?' (Zen Master Xuanjue said: 'Where is the place where half of the Tripitaka is missing? And tell me, what kind of insight does that old woman have, that she would say such a thing?') (Zen Master Jingshan Gao said: 'The crowd discussed, what is that half of the Tripitaka? Some said, circle it once more, or snap your fingers once, or cough once, or shout once, or clap once. Such understanding is simply shameless. If it is that half of the Tripitaka, not to mention Zhao Zhou circling it once more, even if he circled it hundreds of thousands of millions of times, the old woman would only get half of the Tripitaka. Even if he circled Mount Sumeru hundreds of thousands of millions of times, the old woman would still only get half of the Tripitaka. Even if all the old monks in the world circled it hundreds of thousands of millions of times like this, the old woman would still only get half of the Tripitaka. Even if the mountains and rivers, the myriad phenomena, the grass and trees, each had a broad and long tongue, speaking in unison, from today until the end of the future, the old woman would still only get half of the Tripitaka. Do you all want to know this old woman?' After a long pause, he said: 'The mandarin ducks are embroidered for you to see, but I won't give you the golden needle.') (Zen Master Chushi Qi said: 'This old woman said that Zhao Zhou only turned half of the Tripitaka, feigning the false as real. At that time, one only needed to say, why not understand it before circling the Zen bed?') (Han Shan Deqing commented: 'Five thousand six eight, Pāragatī, perfunctorily completing the Tripitaka.') --------------------------------------------------------------------------------