筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄 1.140

1.140

The Master was indisposed and instructed a novice to deliver a message to Yunju, giving him instructions: "If he asks whether the upādhyāya is well or not, simply say that the road of Yunyan is about to come to an end. When you utter these words, you must stand far off, lest he strike you." The novice received the instruction and went. Before the sound of delivering the message had died away, he was already struck with a staff by Yunju; the novice had nothing to say. Tong'an Xian spoke on his behalf: "If so, then the single branch of Yunyan has not fallen."