汾陽無德禪師語錄 2.199

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香巖垂語云：「如人上樹，口𭊷樹枝，手不攀枝，脚不蹈樹，枝下有人，問西來意，不對則違他所問，若對又喪身失命，當恁時作麼生即是？」香巖㘅樹示多人，要引同袍達本真，擬擬却從言下取，喪身失命數如塵。汾陽為爾開迷路，雲散長天日月新。

Xiangyan gave a saying: "It is like a person up a tree, hanging from a branch by his teeth, his hands not grasping a branch, his feet not treading the tree. Beneath the branch is a person asking about the meaning of the Coming from the West. If he does not answer, he violates the questioner; if he answers, he loses his life. At such a time, what should he do?" / Xiangyan hanging from the tree showed it to many people, / Wishing to lead his companions of the robe to attain original truth. / Hesitating, they try to take it from beneath words; / Those who lose life and limb are as numerous as dust. / Fenyang clears the lost path for you: / When clouds disperse from the vast sky, the sun and moon are fresh.