金陵清涼院文益禪師語錄 1.84

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舉：「昔有一老宿，畜一童子，並不知軌則。有一行脚僧到，乃教童子禮儀。晚間見老宿外歸，遂去問訊。老宿怪訝，遂問童子云：『阿誰教爾？』童云：『堂中某上座。』老宿喚其僧來問：『上座傍家行脚，是甚麼心行？這童子養來二三年了，幸自可憐生，誰教上座教壞伊？快束裝起去。』黃昏雨淋淋地，被趁出。」師徵云：「古人恁麼顯露些子家風甚怪。且道，意在於何？」

[The Master] cited: "Formerly, an elder kept a novice boy who was completely ignorant of monastic etiquette. An itinerant monk arrived and taught the novice etiquette. In the evening, seeing the elder return from outside, the boy went forward to pay his respects. The elder was astonished and asked the boy, 'Who taught you this?' The boy replied, 'A certain sthavira in the hall.' The elder called the monk over and asked, 'Sthavira, as you wander from place to place on itinerant pilgrimage, what kind of mind and conduct is this? I have raised this boy for two or three years, and he was quite fine just as he was. Who told you to ruin him? Pack your baggage at once and get out!' In the pouring dusk rain, he was driven away." The Master examined this, saying: "The ancient's revealing of even a little bit of his family tradition in this way is very strange. Tell me, what was his intention?"