法演禪師語錄 1.21

1.21

上堂，舉：「僧問洞山：『如何是善知識眼？』山云：『紙撚無油。』」師云：「洞山老漢不是無，只是太儉。忽有人問四面：『如何是善知識眼？』只向伊道：『瞎。』何故？且要相稱。」乃云：「紙撚無油也大奇，不堪拈掇有誰知，回身却憶來時路，月下騰騰信脚歸。」

Ascending the hall, [the Master] cited: "A monk asked Dongshan: 'What is the eye of a kalyāṇamitra?' Dongshan said: 'A paper twist with no oil.'" The Master said: "It is not that old fellow Dongshan did not have it; he was merely too frugal. If someone were suddenly to ask Simian, 'What is the eye of a kalyāṇamitra?' I would only say to him: 'Blind.' Why? Only to match him." Then he said: "A paper twist without oil is indeed quite wondrous, / Unfit to be picked up—who understands? / Turning around, he remembers the road he came by; / Under the moon, surging along, he returns wherever his feet lead."