撫州曹山元證禪師語錄 1.66

1.66

The Military Commissioner of Nanzhou, Prince Zhong of Nanping, having heard with elegance of the Master's possession of the Way, invited him with full etiquette; [the Master] did not go, but only wrote Damei's verse, which said:
"A battered, withered tree leans against the cold forest;
Though it has met spring several times, its heart does not change.
The woodcutter sees it and still pays it no heed;
Why must the man of Ying bitterly seek after it?"
Entrusting it to the messenger, he presented it to him and consequently did not go.