鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄 1.66

1.66

Because Puhua constantly rang a bell in the streets, saying, "If it comes in the light, I strike it in the light; if it comes in the dark, I strike it in the dark; if it comes from all four quarters and eight directions, I strike like a whirlwind; if it comes from empty space, I strike with flails!" the Master sent his attendant to go and, as soon as he heard him speak thus, seize him and say, "What if it does not come in any such way at all?" Puhua pushed him away and said, "Tomorrow there is a feast at the Great Compassion Monastery." The attendant returned and recounted this to the Master. The Master said, "I have always suspected that fellow."