法演禪師語錄 1.107

1.107

上堂云：「一向恁麼去，路絕人稀；一向恁麼來，孤負先聖。去此二途，祖佛不能近，設使與白雲同生同死，亦未稱平生。何也？鳳凰不是凡間鳥，不得梧桐誓不棲。」

Ascending the hall, he said: "Going continuously like this, the road is cut off and people are few; coming continuously like this, one lets down the ancient sages. Leaving aside these two paths, patriarchs and buddhas cannot approach. Even if you live and die together with Baiyun, you have not yet fulfilled your life's purpose. Why? The phoenix is no ordinary bird; without a wutong tree, it vows not to roost."