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English version: Singing: Before my baby is born, this grain is already full. What else to add? One bite and it's done. Old Woman Fenglin Linji (?-867) was going to Fenglin. On the road, he met an old woman. The old woman asked, 'Where are you going?' Linji said, 'Going to Fenglin.' The old woman said, 'It just so happens that Fenglin is not there.' Linji asked, 'Where did he go?' The old woman then walked away. Linji called out to the old woman. The old woman turned her head. Linji then walked away (one version says Linji said, 'Who said he wasn't there?'). (Hanshan (1546-1623) commented: The rhinoceros grows patterns on its horn from admiring the moon, and the elephant gets floral patterns on its tusks from being startled by thunder. Look at Elder Linji, being deceived by the old woman. Just as the old woman said that Fenglin was not there, if she wanted to leave, she should just leave, but instead, she peered at people's faces and followed their footsteps, not like a real man. Deceiving each other. Upon careful examination, one is stealing fragrance with a covered nose, and the other is cauterizing a scar with moxa. Each has their share of beatings. Could it be that Fenglin is let off? Recently, the king's orders have been slightly stricter, not allowing hiding the head and showing the tail. Singing: The mountain chicken and the forest phoenix are no different, a thousand miles share the same customs, they are one family. Meeting on a narrow road but not recognizing each other, it can be known that Lingzhao deceived Danxia (739-824).) Old Woman Selling Cakes On the road to Liyang, there was an old woman selling cakes. Initially, Chan Master Deshan Jian (782-865) often lectured on the 'Diamond Sutra'. Because he was carrying the 'Qinglong Commentary' from Sichuan, he put down his burden to buy cakes for a snack. The old woman then pointed to the burden and asked, 'What kind of writing is this?' The master said, 'The Qinglong Commentary.' The old woman said, 'What sutra does it explain?' The master said, 'The Diamond Sutra.' The old woman said, 'I have a question. If you can answer it, I will give you a snack. If you cannot answer it, then go elsewhere. The 'Diamond Sutra' says: The past mind is unattainable, the present mind is unattainable, the future mind is unattainable. I wonder which mind you, venerable monk, want to have a snack with?' Deshan Jian was speechless. The old woman told him to go to Longtan. Deshan Jian served for a long time one night and then came out, and then came back, saying, 'It's dark outside.' Longtan lit a paper candle and handed it to Deshan Jian. Deshan Jian wanted to take it, but Longtan blew it out again. Deshan Jian suddenly had a great enlightenment, and finally burned the 'Qinglong Commentary' in front of the Dharma hall. It was all the old woman who inspired him. (Hanshan commented: The past mind is unattainable --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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。见在心不可得。未来心不可得。狸奴白牯。为汝念诵般若。点破肚皮竟。个中若是英灵汉子。便当下息了死鹘肩头。烧却青龙延唾。就见龙潭。也没柰他何。可惜婆点点热心卖不着人。休休。任尔文章徒满腹。依然画饼不充饥。唱云。金刚担有百斤。皮袋智无一点。合助油糍㷔光。更待明人纸捻)。 抛儿婆 岩头奯禅师。住鄂州。值沙汰。于湖边作渡子。两岸各挂一板。有人过渡。打板一下。师曰阿谁。或曰。要过那边去。师乃舞棹迎之。一日因一婆抱一孩儿来。乃曰。呈桡舞棹即不问。且道婆手中儿。甚处得来。师便打。婆曰。婆生七子。六个不遇知音。祇这一个也不消得。便抛向水中(千岩长云。这婆子。自底性命。要且舍不得。岩头不合激发他。杀了一个儿子。据令而行。各与七十棒。诸禅德。若谓不公。却请断看)。 (语风信拈云。这婆子。语风若是岩头。和这婆子。送向水中。令他母子聚头无离骨肉。颂云。不消这个意如何。卖弄家私臭老婆。恶浪千层卷残月。万山愁断白云多)。 (憨山评云。来有来处。去有去处。当时婆问儿从何来。若遇其人。直下竖起桡子。便唱些啰啰哩。救取这儿。也不为拖泥带水。却又草草打着一个。虽是慈悲之故。争奈婆不肯何。要寻婆下落 现代汉语译本 ‘见在心’（当下之心）不可得，‘未来心’不可得。我对你们这些蠢物（狸奴指猫，白牯指白色的母牛，此处皆为蔑称）念诵《般若经》，即使剖开你们的肚子，如果其中有真正的英雄，也能立刻放下那死鹰般的肩膀（比喻沉重的负担），烧掉青龙（比喻珍贵之物）上的唾液（比喻不屑一顾），即使见到龙潭（指高深的禅境），也奈何不了他。可惜我老婆点点的一片热心却无人赏识。罢了罢了，任凭你文章写得再好，也依然是画饼充饥。’（唱道）‘金刚（指力士）能担百斤重物，皮袋（指愚笨之人）却一点智慧都没有，合伙做油糍（一种油炸食品）来照亮，还要等待聪明人来用纸捻（引火物）点燃。’ 抛儿婆 岩头奯禅师住在鄂州，正赶上官府裁减寺庙。他在湖边做摆渡人，两岸各挂一块木板。有人要渡河，就敲一下木板。禅师会问：‘是谁？’有人回答：‘我要到那边去。’禅师就摇着船桨去迎接。有一天，一位老妇抱着一个孩子来了，问道：‘摇船摆渡暂且不问，请问老妇手中的孩子，是从哪里来的？’禅师就打她。老妇说：‘我生了七个孩子，六个没遇到知音，就这一个也不值得留了。’说完就把孩子扔到水里。（千岩长云评论说：这老妇，舍不得自己的性命，岩头不该激怒她，结果杀死了一个儿子。如果按照法令来判，应该各打七十棒。各位禅师，如果觉得不公平，请你们来判断看看。） （语风信拈云：这老妇，语风如果是岩头，就和这老妇一起，把孩子送到水里，让他们母子团聚，永不分离。颂词说：‘不消这个意如何？卖弄家私臭老婆。恶浪千层卷残月，万山愁断白云多。’） （憨山评：来有来处，去有去处。当时老妇问孩子从何来，如果遇到合适的人，直接竖起船桨，唱些‘些啰啰哩’的歌，救起这孩子，也不算拖泥带水。现在却草草地打了一下，虽然是慈悲的缘故，但老妇不肯啊！要寻找老妇的下落……）
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English version ‘The present mind is unattainable, the future mind is unattainable.’ I recite the Prajna Sutra for you, you stupid creatures (Li Nu refers to cats, Bai Gu refers to white cows, both used as derogatory terms), even if I cut open your bellies. If there is a true hero among you, he can immediately lay down the dead hawk-like shoulders (a metaphor for heavy burdens), burn the saliva on the Azure Dragon (a metaphor for precious things, indicating disdain), and even if he sees Longtan (Dragon Pool, referring to profound Zen states), he can do nothing about it. It's a pity that my old woman Diandian's enthusiasm is not appreciated. Enough, enough, no matter how well you write, it's still like drawing a cake to satisfy hunger.’ (Chanting) ‘A Vajra (referring to a strongman) can carry a hundred pounds, but a leather bag (referring to a foolish person) has no wisdom at all. Let's make fried rice cakes together to illuminate, and wait for a clever person to light it with a paper wick.’ The Child-Throwing Woman Zen Master Yantou Huo lived in Ezhou during the government's reduction of temples. He worked as a ferryman by the lake, with a board hanging on each bank. When someone wanted to cross the river, they would knock on the board. The Zen master would ask, ‘Who is it?’ Someone would answer, ‘I want to go to the other side.’ The Zen master would row the boat to meet them. One day, an old woman came with a child in her arms and asked, ‘Rowing the boat is not the question, but where did the child in the old woman's hand come from?’ The Zen master then hit her. The old woman said, ‘I have given birth to seven children, six of whom have not met a kindred spirit, and this one is not worth keeping either.’ After saying that, she threw the child into the water. (Qianyan Changyun commented: This old woman, unwilling to give up her own life, Yantou should not have provoked her, resulting in the death of a child. If judged according to the law, they should each be beaten seventy times. Zen masters, if you think it's unfair, please judge for yourselves.) (Yu Fengxin commented: This old woman, if Yu Feng were Yantou, he would send the child into the water with the old woman, so that the mother and child could be reunited and never separated. The verse says: ‘What does it mean to not need this? A smelly old woman showing off her possessions. A thousand layers of evil waves roll up the waning moon, ten thousand mountains sadly break white clouds.’) (Hanshan commented: There is a place to come from, and a place to go to. At that time, the old woman asked where the child came from. If he met the right person, he would directly raise the oar and sing some ‘xie luo luo li’ songs, saving the child, which would not be dragging his feet. Now he just hit her hastily, although it was out of compassion, but the old woman didn't agree! To find the whereabouts of the old woman...) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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么。不保团栾。那惜末子。伯牙老尽钟期死。山自高山水流水。唱云。一儿复一儿。杀活总由伊。无弦发妙指。此曲少人知)。 甘贽妻 甘贽行者。修普贤愿。同妻一女皆办道。尝请岩头在家过夏。一日头补衣次。贽自外归。端立头侧。头拈起针劄贽示之。贽便领悟。笑归宅堂。着衣礼谢。女见便问。笑甚么。贽云。你莫问。妻云。好事也要大家知。贽因举。其妻顿悟。便云。三十年后。一回饮水一回噎。女方从傍听话才毕。亦顿悟(憨山评云。前件眫招。古德已拈了。却又道。奯公悟及女子。非独胜如父母。尽大地人性命。总被奯公一针札将去。古德与么告报。叫做软皮条禅。何以故。但见针头利。不见札头尖。我若同时生按过。虽然针师有眼。能令钝汉出血。乃舀第二扚恶水。悉变为上药醍醐。也祇当得死马医。假饶行者可可地。铸就铜筋。炼成铁骨。风缝不通。针札不入。直把八万四千毛孔。斩齐顿放面前。看渠向甚处下手。何以故。但见针头尖。不见札头利。是见且从。还识顶门这窍那。二八佳人倦绣迟。紫荆花外啭黄鹂。谁怜结角关心事。都付停针不语时。唱云。绵针密札。七穿八穴。不知沉痛。洎合屈杀)。 崔练师 闽帅夫人崔氏。奉道。自称练师。遣使送衣物。至长庆棱 现代汉语译本： 唉，不要指望团聚。又何必吝惜这最后的子嗣？伯牙老去，钟子期也死了，山依旧是高山，水依旧是流水。唱道：一个儿子又一个儿子，是杀是活都由他去。无弦琴也能弹出美妙的音律，这曲子很少有人能懂啊）。 甘贽妻 甘贽行者（在家修行的佛教徒），修习普贤菩萨的行愿，他的妻子和一个女儿都一同修行。他曾经请岩头禅师到家中过夏天。一天，岩头禅师正在缝补衣服，甘贽从外面回来，恭敬地站在岩头禅师旁边。岩头禅师拿起针，向甘贽示意。甘贽因此领悟，笑着回到家中的厅堂，穿好衣服礼拜感谢。他的女儿看见了，就问他笑什么。甘贽说：‘你别问。’他的妻子说：‘好事也要让大家都知道。’甘贽于是说了这件事，他的妻子立刻也领悟了，便说：‘三十年后，每次喝水都会被噎到。’女儿刚从旁边听完这话，也立刻领悟了（憨山禅师评论说：前面的眉眼示意，古德（古代的禅师）已经拈出来了。却又说，奯公（不知何人）的领悟以及他的女儿的领悟，不仅仅胜过父母，整个大地所有人的性命，都被奯公一针扎了过去。古德这样告知，叫做软皮条禅。为什么呢？只看见针头锋利，没看见扎人的针尖。如果我同时生硬地按过去，即使针师眼力好，也能让迟钝的人出血。这就像舀第二勺脏水，全部变成上好的醍醐（比喻佛法），也只配当个死马医。假如行者（修行人）确实地铸就铜筋，炼成铁骨，风都吹不进，针也扎不进，直接把八万四千个毛孔，整齐地斩断放在面前，看他从哪里下手。为什么呢？只看见针头尖，没看见扎人的针尖。只是看见了，还认识头顶上的那个窍穴吗？美丽的女子疲倦地放下刺绣，紫荆花外黄鹂在鸣叫。有谁怜惜那结角关心的事情，都随着停针不语时消逝了。唱道：绵密的针脚，七穿八穴，不知沉痛，简直要委屈死了）。 崔练师 闽帅的夫人崔氏，信奉道教，自称练师。派遣使者送衣物，到长庆棱（唐穆宗年号，公元821-824年）时。
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English version: Alas, do not expect reunion. Why be stingy with the last offspring? Bo Ya is old, and Zhong Ziqi is dead. The mountains are still high, and the water still flows. It sings: One son after another, life and death are up to him. The stringless zither can also play wonderful tunes, but few people understand this song.) The Wife of Gan Zhi The practitioner Gan Zhi practiced the vows of Samantabhadra. His wife and one daughter also practiced the Way together. He once invited Zen Master Yantou to spend the summer at his home. One day, Zen Master Yantou was mending clothes, and Gan Zhi returned from outside, standing respectfully beside Zen Master Yantou. Zen Master Yantou picked up a needle and showed it to Gan Zhi. Gan Zhi then understood, smiled, and returned to the hall of his house, put on his clothes, and bowed in gratitude. His daughter saw him and asked what he was smiling about. Gan Zhi said, 'Don't ask.' His wife said, 'Good things should be shared with everyone.' Gan Zhi then told the story, and his wife immediately understood, saying, 'Thirty years later, every time I drink water, I will choke.' The daughter, having just heard these words from the side, also immediately understood (Zen Master Hanshan commented: The previous eyebrow winking has already been picked up by the ancient worthies. Yet it is said that the enlightenment of Master Huo and his daughter is not only superior to that of parents, but the lives of all people on the entire earth have been pierced by Master Huo's needle. Such a report from the ancient worthies is called soft leather whip Zen. Why? They only see the sharpness of the needle tip, but not the sharpness of the piercing point. If I were to press down hard at the same time, even if the needle master has good eyes, he could make a dull person bleed. This is like scooping up a second spoonful of dirty water and turning it all into the best ghee (metaphor for the Dharma), only fit to be a doctor for a dead horse. Suppose the practitioner truly forges copper tendons and refines iron bones, so that the wind cannot enter and the needle cannot pierce, and directly cuts off all 84,000 pores and places them in front, let's see where he will start. Why? They only see the sharpness of the needle tip, but not the sharpness of the piercing point. They only see, but do they recognize the aperture on the top of the head? The beautiful woman wearily puts down her embroidery, and orioles sing outside the crape myrtle flowers. Who pities the matters of concern, all vanish with the silent pause of the needle. It sings: Dense needlework, piercing seven and eight holes, unaware of the pain, almost wronged to death). The Taoist Priestess Cui Madam Cui, the wife of the military governor of Min, was a devotee of Taoism and called herself a Taoist priestess. She sent messengers with clothing and goods during the Changqing era (Tang Muzong's reign, 821-824 AD). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------