法演禪師語錄 1.85

1.85

謝首座上堂云：「槌破蟠桃核，得見其仁；捋斷驪龍鬚，得遇其寶。雖然如是，也未是好手。黃帝失玄珠於赤水，使智索之而不得，使離未索之而不得，使契詬索之而不得，乃使罔象。直饒罔象得之亦未是好手，爭似今日與大眾，同使一箇通事舍人。雖然如是，也只得一半。」

Thanking the head monk, he ascended the hall and said, "Smashing open the pit of the flat peach, one can see its kernel; plucking off the whiskers of the black dragon, one can encounter its jewel. Even though it is like this, this is still not an adept. When the Yellow Emperor lost the dark pearl in the Red Waters, he sent Knowledge to seek it and could not find it; he sent Liwei to seek it and could not find it; he sent Qigou to seek it and could not find it; then he sent Wangxiang. Even if Wangxiang found it, that too is not an adept. How can it compare today with the assembly jointly employing an interpreter-official? Even though it is like this, one has only obtained half."