鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄 1.70

1.70

The Master heard that Deshan the second generation had instructed the assembly, saying, "If you can speak, thirty blows; if you cannot speak, thirty blows." The Master sent Lepu to go and ask, "Why thirty blows even if one can speak? Wait until he strikes you, then grab his staff and give him a shove, and see what he does." Lepu arrived there and asked as instructed. Deshan struck him; Lepu grabbed the staff and gave him a shove. Deshan then returned to the abbot's quarters. Lepu returned and recounted this to the Master. The Master said, "I have always suspected that fellow. Even though it was like this, did you actually see Deshan?" Lepu hesitated, and the Master struck him.