袁州仰山慧寂禪師語錄 1.58

1.58

The Master asked a monk, "Where did you leave recently?"
He said, "The south."
The Master held up his staff and said, "Do the venerable elders there still speak of this?"
He said, "They do not speak of it."
The Master said, "Since they do not speak of this, do they speak of that?"
He said, "They do not speak of it."
The Master called out, "Venerable!"
The monk answered, "Yes?"
The Master said, "Go to the monks' hall."
The monk then walked out. The Master called out again, "Venerable!"
The monk turned his head.
The Master said, "Come forward."
The monk came forward, and the Master tapped once on the monk's head with his staff, saying, "Go." (Yunmen Yan said, "If Yangshan did not have the subsequent words, how could he have recognized the person?")