鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄 1.86

1.86

While the master was planting pine trees, Huangbo asked, "Why are you planting so many in the deep mountains?" The master said, "First, to make scenery for the monastery; second, to serve as an example for later generations." Having spoken, he struck the ground three times with his mattock. Huangbo said, "Even so, you have already received thirty blows of my stick." The master again struck the ground three times with his mattock and made a hissing sound. Huangbo said, "When our school reaches you, it will flourish greatly in the world." Later, Guishan brought up these words and asked Yangshan, "Did Huangbo at that time entrust [the lineage] only to Linji alone, or was there someone else?" Yangshan said, "There was, but it lies far in the future; I do not wish to cite it for the Venerable." Guishan said, "Even so, I also want to know; just cite it and let me see." Yangshan said, "One person will point south, and his decrees will be carried out in Wu and Yue; when he encounters a great wind, he will stop (prophesying Master Fengxue)." While the master was standing in attendance on Deshan, Shan said, "Today I am tired." The master said, "What is this old fellow talking in his sleep for?" Shan struck him; the master overturned the rope chair, and Shan stopped.