德诚,唐代禅僧,遂宁(今属四川)人,生卒年不详。德诚节操高邈,度量不群,随侍药山惟俨三十年,遂嗣其法。后隐居华亭(今上海松江)吴江畔,泛小舟随缘接化往来之人,世称“船子和尚”。船子和尚在华亭摆渡大约三十年,过着“一船明月一船诗”式的生活,创作了不少脍炙人口的诗篇,表达了他对禅悟境界的理解,本首(见卷首)就是其中的上乘之作。“千尺丝纶直下垂,一波才动万波随。”这两句叙述垂钓的经过,暗喻求道的过程。钓者垂下千尺 Decheng, the Zen dynasty of the Tang dynasty, and Suining (this is Sichuan) are unknown. Decheng performed high tactics and measured the heights. He stayed with Shi Yaoshan for only 30 years and took his actions. After the seclusion of Huating (now Shanghai Songjiang) Wujiang River, pan-small boat reunification with the people, known as “the boat monk ”. The boat’s monk had been ferried for more than 30 years in Huating and lived a life of “a boat on the moon and a ship”. He created many popular poems and expressed his understanding of the realm of Buddhism. The first (see volume) Is one of the best. “Thousand feet of silk flew straight down, and the wave moved only with the waves.” The two sentences describe the passage of fishing, implying the process of seeking the road. The angler hangs a thousand feet