雲門匡真禪師廣錄 3.166

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師初參睦州蹤禪師，州纔見師來，便閉却門，師乃扣門，州云：「誰？」師云：「某甲。」州云：「作什麼？」師云：「已事未明，乞師指示。」州開門一見便閉却。師如是連三日去扣門，至第三日州始開門，師乃拶入，州便擒住云：「道道。」師擬議，州托開云：「秦時𨍏轢鑽。」師從此悟入。師到雪峯莊見一僧，師問：「上座今日上山去那？」僧云：「是。」師云：「寄一則因緣問堂頭和尚，秖是不得道是別人語。」僧云：「得。」師云：「上座到山中，見和尚上堂眾纔集，便出握腕立地云：『這老漢項上鐵枷何不脫却？』」其僧一依師教，雪峯見這僧與麼道，便下座攔胸把住其僧云：「速道速道。」僧無對，雪峯托開云：「不是汝語。」僧云：「是某甲語。」雪峯云：「侍者將繩棒來。」僧云：「不是某語，是莊上一浙中上座教某甲來道。」雲峯云：「大眾！去莊上迎取五百人善知識來。」師次日上山，雪峯纔見便云：「因什麼得到與麼地？」師乃低頭，從茲契合。

When the Master first visited Chan Master Zong of Muzhou, as soon as Muzhou saw the Master coming, he shut the gate. The Master then knocked on the gate. Muzhou said, "Who is it?" The Master said, "So-and-so." Muzhou said, "What are you doing?" The Master said, "My own affair is not yet clear; I beg the master for instruction." Muzhou opened the gate, took one look, and immediately shut it. The Master went and knocked on the gate like this for three days running. On the third day Muzhou finally opened the gate, whereupon the Master squeezed inside. Muzhou grabbed hold of him and said, "Speak! Speak!" The Master hesitated, and Muzhou shoved him away, saying, "A drill-lathe from the Qin dynasty!" From this the Master had an awakening. When the Master arrived at the manor of Xuefeng, he saw a monk. The Master asked, "Are you, senior monk, going up the mountain today?" The monk said, "Yes." The Master said, "I entrust you with a dialogue to ask the abbot upādhyāya, only you must not say they are another's words." The monk said, "Understood." The Master said, "When you, senior monk, arrive at the mountain and see the upādhyāya ascend the hall and the assembly has just gathered, step forward, clasp your hands together, stand firm, and say: 'Why does this old fellow not take off the iron cangue around his neck?'" That monk followed the Master's instructions completely. Seeing this monk speak like this, Xuefeng stepped down from his seat, grabbed the monk across the chest, and said, "Speak quickly! Speak quickly!" The monk had no reply. Xuefeng shoved him away and said, "These are not your words." The monk said, "They are my words." Xuefeng said, "Attendant, bring the ropes and staff!" The monk said, "They are not my words; it was a senior monk from Zhejiang at the manor who taught me to come and say this." Xuefeng said, "Great assembly! Go to the manor and welcome a good spiritual friend of five hundred people!" The next day the Master went up the mountain. As soon as Xuefeng saw him, he said, "Why have you arrived at such a state?" The Master lowered his head, and from this they were in accord.