法演禪師語錄 3.4

3.4

當晚小參云：「一則三，三則七，牧羊隄畔女貞花，拒馬河邊望夫石，石擊尺赤，土畫簸箕，從教眼搭癡。」復云：「淮甸三十載，今作老黃梅，好是明明說，從教鴨聽雷。」入院，祖師塔燒香，以手指云：「當時與麼全身去，今日重來記得無。」復云：「以何為驗？以此為驗。」遂禮拜。

That evening, at an informal gathering, he said, "One is three, three is seven: / The privet flowers beside the sheep-grazing embankment, / The husband-watching stone beside the Juma River. / A stone strikes a foot rule red; / Drawing an earth winnowing basket, / Letting eyes stare in dull bewilderment." He further said, "Thirty years in the Huai marshes, / Today I become the old Huangmei. / Better to speak clearly, / Letting ducks listen to thunder." Entering the monastery, he burned incense at the Ancestor's pagoda, pointed with his finger, and said, "Having gone away with your whole body like that at that time, / Coming back today, do you remember or not?" He further said, "What serves as proof? This serves as proof." Thereupon he made prostrations.