汾陽無德禪師語錄 3.41

3.41

八節九曲，山水具足，頭脚分明，開人眼目。不從天，不從地，橫竪長空無壅滯，常將擊發上根人，懵懂禪流且瞌睡。或登山，或渡水，用導前岡作肘臂，九州四海任升騰，卓然直下金輪際。實堅貞，堪倚仗，頭尾迴旋指的當，解脫文殊疆界分，本色衲僧擗脊棒。

Eight nodes and nine bends, / mountains and rivers fully present, / head and feet distinct and clear, / opening people's eyes. / Coming neither from heaven nor from earth, / horizontal and vertical across the vast sky without blockage or snag, / it is constantly used to strike and awaken those of superior capacity, / while confused Chan practitioners just nod off to sleep. / Sometimes ascending mountains, sometimes crossing waters, / it is used to guide the way over the front ridge, serving as forearm and elbow; / free to soar across the nine regions and the four seas, / towering straight down to the boundary of the golden wheel. / Truly solid and unyielding, worthy to lean upon, / head and tail whirl about, pointing accurately; / it marks out the boundaries of liberating Mañjuśrī; / for a patch-robed monk of genuine color, it is a blow right across the back.