雲門匡真禪師廣錄 1.42

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上堂云：「從上來且是箇什麼事？如今抑不得已，且向汝諸人道，盡大地有什麼物，與汝為對為緣？若有針鋒，與汝為隔為礙？與我拈將來。喚什麼作佛作祖？喚什麼作山河大地日月星辰？將什麼為四大五蘊？我與麼道，喚作三家村裏老婆說話。忽然遇著本色行脚漢，聞與麼道，把脚拽向階下，有什麼罪過？雖然如此，據箇什麼道理便與麼？莫趁口快向這裏亂道，須是箇漢始得。忽然被老漢脚跟下尋著，勿去處，打脚折，有什麼罪過？既與麼，如今還有問宗乘中話麼？待老漢答一轉了，東行西行。」有僧擬問次，師以拄杖劈口打，便下座。問：「師子嚬呻時如何？」師云：「嚬呻且置，試哮吼看。」僧應：「喏。」師云：「這箇是老鼠啼。」

Ascending the hall, [the Master] said, "From the beginning, what matter was there anyway? Now, having no alternative, I tell you all for the moment: in the entire earth, what thing is there to be an object or a condition for you? If there is even the point of a needle to be an obstruction or a hindrance for you, bring it out to me! What do you call Buddha and patriarch? What do you call mountains, rivers, the great earth, sun, moon, and stars? What do you take to be the four great elements and the five aggregates? My speaking like this is called the talk of an old woman in a village of three families. If one suddenly meets a fellow of genuine pilgrimage who hears such talk, if he grabs my feet and drags me down below the steps, what fault would there be? Even though it is like this, based on what principle would it be so? Do not take advantage of a glib tongue to speak wildly here; one must be such a fellow before it is possible. If suddenly this old fellow tracks you down under your heels and you have nowhere to go, if I break your legs with blows, what fault would there be? Since it is like this, right now is there anyone who would ask about words within the ancestral lineage? Wait for this old fellow to give an answer, and then walk east or walk west." A monk was about to ask, when the Master struck him right across the mouth with his staff and stepped down from the seat. A monk asked, "How is it when the lion stretches?" The Master said, "Put stretching aside for now; try roaring and let us see." The monk responded, "Yes." The Master said, "This is the squeak of a mouse."