金陵清涼院文益禪師語錄 1.79

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歸宗玄策禪師，曹州人，初名慧超，謁師問云：「慧超咨和尚，如何是佛？」師云：「汝是慧超。」超從此悟入。（圜悟云：「有者道：『慧起便是佛，所以法眼恁麼答。』有者道：『大似騎牛覓牛。』有者道：『問處便是。』有甚麼交涉？若恁麼會去，不惟辜負自己，亦乃深屈古人。」雪竇頌云：「江國春風吹不起，鷓鴣啼在深花裏，三汲浪高魚化龍，癡人猶𡰷夜塘水。」）

Chan Master Guizong Xuance was a man of Caozhou. Originally named Huichao, he called upon the Master and asked, "Huichao inquires of the upādhyāya: What is the Buddha?" The Master said, "You are Huichao." Chao was enlightened from this. (Yuanwu said: "Some say, 'When wisdom arises, that is Buddha; that is why Fayan answered thus.' Some say, 'It is very much like riding an ox to look for an ox.' Some say, 'The place of asking is it.' What connection is there? If one understands it like this, not only does one let down oneself, one also profoundly wrongs the ancients." Xuedou's verse says:
"The spring breeze in the river country does not blow; / The partridge cries amid the deep blossoms.
When the waves of the three cascades run high, the fish turns into a dragon, / While foolish men still bail out the night pond's water.")