109. The Linji Style 一百零九、临济门风
Teacher Qi Zhijun | 2018-06-23 | Download | AI assisted translation
| 〖公案原文〗 |
[Original Koan] |
| 五祖和尚初参圆照禅师，会尽古今因缘，惟不会：僧问兴化：“四方八面来时如何？”化云：“打中间底。”僧礼拜。化云：“我昨日赴个村斋，至中路被一阵狂风暴雨，却向古庙里亸得过。” |
When the monk Wuzu first called on Chan Master Yuanzhao, he had understood all the causes and conditions, ancient and modern, except for this: A monk asked Xinghua, “What if one comes from all four directions and eight sides?” Xinghua said, “Strike at the one in the middle.” The monk bowed. Xinghua said, “Yesterday I went to a village meal offering. On the way, I was caught in a sudden storm of violent wind and rain, but I managed to take shelter in an old temple.” |
| 遂请益照。照云：“此是临济门风，你去问他儿孙。” |
Wuzu therefore asked Yuanzhao for instruction. Yuanzhao said, “This is the style of the Linji school. Go ask his descendants.” |
| 祖遂来参浮山远，请益此公案。远云：“有个譬喻：恰似个三家村里卖柴汉，夯一条匾担了，却问中书堂今日商量甚事。”祖云：“恁地时，大段未在。”浮山远既年尊耳聩，遂指教参一个小长老，乃白云端也。“老僧虽不识他，见他《颂临济三顿棒》因缘，见得净洁，可往咨决。”祖从之。 |
Wuzu then went to call on Fushan Yuan and asked about this koan. Yuan said, “There is an analogy: it is like a firewood seller from some little three-house village, carrying a shoulder pole, yet asking what matters are being discussed today in the Secretariat.” Wuzu said, “At such a time, that would be far from the point.” As Fushan Yuan was already old and hard of hearing, he directed him to call on a young elder, Baiyun Duan. “Although I do not know him personally,” he said, “I have seen his ‘Verse on Linji’s Three Blows with the Staff.’ His understanding is clear and clean. You may go to him for a decisive answer.” Wuzu followed this advice. |
| 真净一日谓老黄龙云：“白云端颂临济三顿棒，与某甲见处一般。”南云：“你如何会他底？”净便举颂。龙喝云：“白云会。你不会！” |
One day, Zhenjing said to Elder Huanglong, “Baiyun Duan’s ‘Verse on Linji’s Three Blows with the Staff’ accords with my own understanding.” Huinan said, “How do you understand his verse?” Zhenjing then recited the verse. Huanglong shouted, “Baiyun understands it. You do not!” |
| 〖锯解秤砣〗 |
[Sawing Open a Scale Weight] |
| 在“八九、又一转世”公案里，我们曾提到临济禅师会下的普化和尚。普化和尚曾说：“明头来，明头打。暗头来，暗头打。四方八面来，旋风打。虚空来，连架打。” |
In the koan “Eight or Nine, Yet Another Rebirth,” we mentioned the monk Puhua, who studied under Chan Master Linji. Puhua once said: “When brightness comes, strike with brightness. When darkness comes, strike with darkness. When it comes from all four directions and eight sides, strike like a whirlwind. When emptiness comes, strike with the whole rack.” |
| 僧问兴化：“四方八面来时如何？”——四方八面比喻事情很多，如何应付啊？问话这僧是要听听如何是“旋风打”。 |
A monk asked Xinghua, “What if one comes from all four directions and eight sides?”—“all four directions and eight sides” is a metaphor for having many affairs to deal with. How should one respond? This monk wanted to hear how one “strikes like a whirlwind.” |
| 化云：“打中间底。”——哈哈！恰中台风眼。无疑，这“中间底”是比喻自心。 |
Xinghua said, “Strike at the one in the middle.”—Ha! Precisely in the eye of the typhoon. Without doubt, “the one in the middle” is a metaphor for one’s own mind. |
| 僧礼拜。化云：“我昨日赴个村斋，至中路被一阵狂风暴雨，却向古庙里亸得过。” |
The monk bowed. Xinghua said, “Yesterday I went to a village meal offering. On the way, I was caught in a sudden storm of violent wind and rain, but I managed to take shelter in an old temple.” |
| 一阵狂风暴雨——正好应他“四方八面”。 |
A sudden storm of violent wind and rain—this precisely corresponds to “all four directions and eight sides.” |
| 却向古庙里亸得过——这里正好避雨。古庙比喻无始以来的真心。 |
But I managed to take shelter in an old temple—this was just the place to avoid the rain. The old temple is a metaphor for the true mind that has been there since beginningless time. |
| 五祖法眼禅师开始是跟慧林宗本圆照禅师（云门宗）学禅。上面这段“僧问兴化”公案，当时五祖透不过，便去问圆照禅师。圆照说：“这是临济的门风，你去问他的儿孙吧。” |
Chan Master Wuzu Fayan first studied Chan under Chan Master Huilin Zongben Yuanzhao of the Yunmen school. At the time, Wuzu could not penetrate the foregoing koan of “the monk asking Xinghua,” so he went to ask Chan Master Yuanzhao. Yuanzhao said, “This is the style of the Linji school. Go ask his descendants.” |
| 于是，五祖便去参问临济宗的浮山法远禅师。法远禅师说：“有个譬喻：恰似个三家村里卖柴汉，夯一条匾担了，却问中书堂今日商量甚事。”中书堂是当时朝廷（宋朝）管理军机大事的地方。 |
Wuzu therefore went to consult Chan Master Fushan Fayuan of the Linji school. Chan Master Fayuan said, “There is an analogy: it is like a firewood seller from some little three-house village, carrying a shoulder pole, yet asking what matters are being discussed today in the Secretariat.” The Secretariat was the place where the court of the Song dynasty handled major military and state affairs. |
| 扛着一条扁担卖柴的汉子，却问中书堂今日商量什么事。他这话意思是：即使说给你听，你一时也不能领会。当时浮山远年老耳聋，不能长期指导五祖，便指示五祖去参问白云守端禅师。浮山远对五祖说：“我虽然不认识他，却见过他作的《颂临济三顿棒》，他见地干脆利落，你可去找他咨决此等大事。” |
A man carrying a shoulder pole to sell firewood nevertheless asks what the Secretariat is discussing that day. What this means is that, even if it were explained to you, you would not be able to grasp it at once. At that time, Fushan Yuan was old and hard of hearing and could not guide Wuzu over a long period, so he directed Wuzu to consult Chan Master Baiyun Shouduan. Fushan Yuan said to Wuzu, “Although I do not know him personally, I have seen his ‘Verse on Linji’s Three Blows with the Staff.’ His understanding is decisive and incisive. You may go to him and ask him to resolve this great matter for you.” |
| 后来，五祖法眼终于在白云守端禅师座下了此大事，继承了白云禅师的衣钵。 |
Later, Wuzu Fayan finally resolved this great matter under Chan Master Baiyun Shouduan and inherited the robe and bowl of Chan Master Baiyun. |
| 真净跟黄龙慧南禅师学禅的时候，对师父说：“白云端《颂临济三顿棒》，跟我的见处是一样的。”黄龙问：“你怎样领会他的颂词？”真净便举说颂词。黄龙喝住他：“白云会。你不会！” |
When Zhenjing studied Chan with Chan Master Huanglong Huinan, he said to his teacher, “Baiyun Duan’s ‘Verse on Linji’s Three Blows with the Staff’ is the same as my own understanding.” Huanglong asked, “How do you understand his verse?” Zhenjing began to recite it. Huanglong stopped him with a shout: “Baiyun understands it. You do not!” |
| 他们都提到白云端禅师的《颂临济三顿棒》，这个颂词的内容是什么呀？ |
They all mentioned Chan Master Baiyun Duan’s ‘Verse on Linji’s Three Blows with the Staff.’ What is the content of this verse? |
| 颂云：一拳拳倒黄鹤楼，一趯趯翻鹦鹉洲。有意气时添意气，不风流处也风流。 |
The verse says: “With one punch, the Yellow Crane Tower is knocked down; with one kick, Parrot Islet is overturned. Where there is spirit, add still more spirit; where there is no flair, there is flair as well.” |
| "有意气时添意气"是什么手段？ xinming 20:06:06 9/05/02(无内容) |
"What kind of method is ‘where there is spirit, add still more spirit’?" xinming 20:06:06 9/05/02 (no content) |
| “有意气”——有，“不风流”——无。 lvm 22:40:48 9/05/02(310) |
“Where there is spirit”—there is; “where there is no flair”—there is not. lvm 22:40:48 9/05/02 (310) |
