On the Twentieth Day of the Eighth Month, Written at Wonhyo's Room on Mount Neungga八月二十日。題楞迦山元曉房。
邊山一名楞迦。昔元曉所居方丈。至今猶存。有一老比丘獨居修眞。無侍者。無鼎鐺炊爨之具。日於蘇來寺趁一齋而已。
Mount Byeon (邊山) is also called Neungga (楞迦). The abbot's room where Wonhyo (元曉) lived of old still remains today. One old bhikkhu lives there alone cultivating the truth, with no attendant and no cauldron or vessel for cooking; day by day he only goes to Sorae Temple (蘇來寺) and gets one meal of the offering.
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幷序
With a preface.
循山度危梯。疊足行線路。上有百仞巓。曉聖曾結宇。靈蹤杳何處。遺影留鵝素。茶泉貯寒玉。酌飮味如乳。此地舊無水。釋子難栖住。曉公一來寄。甘液湧巖竇。吾師繼高蹲。短葛此來寓。環顧八尺房。唯有一雙屨。亦無侍居者。獨坐度朝暮。小性復生世。敢不拜僂傴。
Following the hill I cross the perilous ladder and go the thread-like path with my feet set one upon the other. Above there is a summit a hundred fathoms high where the sage Wonhyo once knotted together a house. The divine traces — far off, in what place are they? The shadow he left remains upon white silk. In the spring where tea is brewed cold jade is held, and dipping and drinking it, the taste is like milk. In this place there was no water of old, and monks found it hard to settle and dwell. When the Lord Wonhyo came once and lodged here, sweet liquid welled up from a hole in the rock. Our master, succeeding to that high seat, has come and dwelt here in a short hempen robe. I look round the eight-foot room: there is only a single pair of shoes. Neither is there anyone living here to attend him; he sits alone and passes the mornings and evenings. Soseong the Hermit (小性居士) has been born into the world again, and how should I dare not bend my back and bow?
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曉師俗號小性居士。
The Master Wonhyo's lay style was Soseong the Hermit (小性居士).