法演禪師語錄 1.101

1.101

施主請上堂云：「道吾與漸源，往山下弔慰。源拊棺問曰：『生耶死耶？』吾云：『生也不道，死也不道。』源云：『為什麼不道？』吾云：『不道不道。』回至中路，源云：『和尚須與某甲道；若不道，即打和尚去也。』吾云：『打即任打，道即不道。』源便打。至院，吾令潛去。白雲今日忿氣不甘，須要斷者公案，道吾第一不解與身作主，第二不能隨機入俗，當初待伊問道：『生耶死耶？』但向伊道：『等歸院裏向儞道。』當時若著得者語，靈利漢一蹋蹋著大小大道吾和尚也，又免得一頓拳頭。有眼底子細看。」

Invited by a donor to ascend the hall, he said: "Daowu and Jianyuan went down the mountain to offer condolences. Yuan patted the coffin and asked, 'Alive or dead?' Wu said, 'I will not say alive, and I will not say dead.' Yuan said, 'Why won't you say?' Wu said, 'I won't say! I won't say!' Halfway back on the road, Yuan said, 'The Upādhyāya must tell me; if you do not tell me, I will hit you.' Wu said, 'Hit me if you will, but say it I will not.' Yuan then hit him. When they reached the monastery, Wu told him to leave quietly. Baiyun is indignant and unsatisfied today; I must settle this gong'an! Daowu, first, did not know how to be master of his own body; second, could not adapt to conditions and enter the mundane. At the time, he should have waited for him to ask, 'Alive or dead?' and simply said to him, 'Wait until we return to the monastery, then I will tell you.' If he had applied these words at that time, that sharp fellow would have stepped right on that grand and great Upādhyāya Daowu, and would also have avoided a round of fists. Those with eyes, look closely!"