筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄 1.138

1.138

When Yantou visited Deshan, he entered the door of the abbot's quarters and, straddling the threshold, asked, "Is it ordinary or is it sacred?" Deshan gave a shout, and Yantou made a prostration. Someone cited this to the Master. The Master said, "Were it not for Senior Huo, it would have been very hard to bear." Yantou said, "Old man Dongshan does not know good from bad and gives mistaken appraisals. At that time I raised with one hand and pressed down with the other." Langye Jue said, "When Yantou was not questioned by anyone, he was extraordinarily remarkable; but as soon as he received a blow to the back of his head from Dongshan, he utterly collapsed like crumbling tiles and melting ice."