人生南北如歧路，世事悠悠等風絮。造化小兒無定據。翻來復去，倒橫直豎，眼見都如許。
人生南北如歧路，世事悠悠等风絮。造化小儿无定据。翻来复去，倒横直竖，眼见都如许。
Our lives run north and south like forking roads;the world’s affairs drift on and on, like catkins on the wind.That little child, Creation, keeps to no fixed rule:turning things over and back again, tipping them sideways, standing them upright — all we see is just like this.
伊周事業何須慕，不學淵明便歸去。坎止流行隨所寓。玉堂金馬，竹籬茅舍，總是無心處。
伊周事业何须慕，不学渊明便归去。坎止流行随所寓。玉堂金马，竹篱茅舍，总是无心处。
Why envy the deeds of Yi Yin and the Duke of Zhou?No need to learn from Yuanming: simply go home.Stop at the pit, flow on with the current, rest wherever you lodge.The Jade Hall and the Golden Horse, a bamboo fence and a thatched hut — all alike are places of no-mind.
話說湘子收了仙鶴、仙羊，出得門去，思量不曾度得退之，難以繳旨，只得又轉到門首叫道：「長官開門，開門！」張千、李萬大家攔住道：「老爺吩咐，放你進去，要打我們二十板。你怎麼不怕沒意思，只管來纏？若不看出家人面上，我們先打你一頓，又送你到兵馬司問罪。」湘子道：「長官休啰唣，古人說，僧來看佛面，怎麼就說個打？我也不怕你打。我有句話與列位商議，列位休得執拗。」李萬道：「老爺不肯跟你修行，你想是要度我們哩。不是輕薄說，寧可一世沒飯吃，沒衣穿，凍死餓死，也情願死在家裡，決不肯跟你去修行，免開尊口。」張千道：「你就肯送我門上錢，要我放你進去，我也決不放的，不消商議得。」湘子道：「我也不來度你們，也沒門上錢送你們，只是你老爺吩咐說，放我進去就打你們，我思量起來，放我進去，倒未必打你們；不放我進去，你兩個決然吃打二十板。」張千道：「我不放你進去，為何打得我著？不信，不信！」李萬道：「我又不是三歲半的小孩子，被你倒跌法弄得動的，不信，不信！」湘子道：「你敢說三聲不信麼？」張千道：「莫說三聲，就是三百聲待何如？」湘子道：「既然如此，你說，你說！」眾人齊聲說道：「不放，不放，斷然不放！」
话说湘子收了仙鹤、仙羊，出得门去，思量不曾度得退之，难以缴旨，只得又转到门首叫道：「长官开门，开门！」张千、李万大家拦住道：「老爷吩咐，放你进去，要打我们二十板。你怎么不怕没意思，只管来缠？若不看出家人面上，我们先打你一顿，又送你到兵马司问罪。」湘子道：「长官休啰唣，古人说，僧来看佛面，怎么就说个打？我也不怕你打。我有句话与列位商议，列位休得执拗。」李万道：「老爷不肯跟你修行，你想是要度我们哩。不是轻薄说，宁可一世没饭吃，没衣穿，冻死饿死，也情愿死在家里，决不肯跟你去修行，免开尊口。」张千道：「你就肯送我门上钱，要我放你进去，我也决不放的，不消商议得。」湘子道：「我也不来度你们，也没门上钱送你们，只是你老爷吩咐说，放我进去就打你们，我思量起来，放我进去，倒未必打你们；不放我进去，你两个决然吃打二十板。」张千道：「我不放你进去，为何打得我着？不信，不信！」李万道：「我又不是三岁半的小孩子，被你倒跌法弄得动的，不信，不信！」湘子道：「你敢说三声不信么？」张千道：「莫说三声，就是三百声待何如？」湘子道：「既然如此，你说，你说！」众人齐声说道：「不放，不放，断然不放！」
Now, when Xiangzi had put away the immortal crane and the immortal sheep and gone out of the gate, he reflected that he had still not brought Han Yu to the Way and so could hardly report his mission done. There was nothing for it but to turn back to the gate and call, “Good sirs, open up! Open up!” Zhang Qian and Li Wan both stood in his way. “The master’s orders are that if we let you in, we get twenty strokes. Aren’t you ashamed to keep coming back to pester us? If it weren’t for the respect we owe a man who has left home, we’d give you a beating first and then hand you over to the Wardens to be charged.” “Don’t make such a racket, good sirs,” said Xiangzi. “The ancients said, ‘When a monk comes, be kind to him for the Buddha’s sake.’ How can you talk of beating? Not that I’m afraid of your beating. But I have something to talk over with you both, so don’t be stubborn.” “The master won’t follow you and cultivate himself,” said Li Wan, “so I suppose you’re out to bring us to the Way instead. No offence meant, but I’d sooner go my whole life with no food to eat and no clothes to wear, freeze to death or starve to death — I’d gladly die at home — than ever go off with you to cultivate myself. So spare yourself the trouble of opening your honoured mouth.” “Even if you were willing to pay me a gatekeeper’s fee to let you in,” said Zhang Qian, “I’d never let you in. There’s nothing to talk over.” “I haven’t come to bring you to the Way,” said Xiangzi, “and I haven’t any gatekeeper’s fee to give you either. It’s only that your master gave orders that if you let me in, you’d be beaten. Now, the way I see it, if you let me in, you won’t necessarily be beaten; but if you don’t let me in, the two of you are certain to get twenty strokes.” “If I don’t let you in,” said Zhang Qian, “how could I get beaten for it? I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it!” “I’m not some little child of three and a half,” said Li Wan, “to be taken in by your topsy-turvy tricks. I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it!” “Do you dare say ‘I don’t believe it’ three times?” said Xiangzi. “Never mind three times,” said Zhang Qian. “What if I said it three hundred times?” “In that case,” said Xiangzi, “say it! Say it!” And they all cried with one voice, “We won’t let you in, we won’t let you in, we will never let you in!”