袁州仰山慧寂禪師語錄 1.29

1.29

龐居士問：「久嚮仰山，到來，為甚麼却覆？」師竪起拂子，居士云：「恰是。」師云：「是仰？是覆？」居士乃打露柱云：「雖然無人，也要露柱證明。」師擲拂子云：「若到諸方，一任舉似。」（隱靜岑云：「大小小釋迦被龐居士一拶，直得手忙脚亂，只如居士打露柱一下，又作麼生？鯨吞海水盡，露出珊瑚枝。」）

Layman Pang asked: "I have long looked up to Yangshan, but now that I have arrived, why is it turned face-down?" The Master held up his fly-whisk. The Layman said: "Just so." The Master said: "Is it looking up, or is it face-down?" The Layman then struck the exposed pillar, saying: "Although there is no one here, we still need the exposed pillar to bear witness." The Master threw down the fly-whisk and said: "If you go to various quarters, you are entirely free to cite this." (Yinjing Cen said: "Great and Little Śākya were pushed by Layman Pang until they were thoroughly flustered. But as for the Layman striking the exposed pillar once, how about it? When the whale drinks up all the seawater, the coral branches are revealed.")