明覺禪師語錄 1.42

1.42

舉：「睦州問僧：『近離甚處？』僧云：『河北。』睦州云：『河北有箇趙州和尚，曾到麼？』僧云：『某甲近離彼中。』睦州云：『趙州有何言教示徒？』僧云：『每見新到便問：「曾到此間來麼？」云：「曾到。」趙州云：「喫茶去。」忽云：「不曾到。」趙州亦云：「喫茶去。」』睦州云：『慚愧。』却問僧：『趙州意作麼生？』僧云：『只是一期方便。』睦云：『苦哉趙州，被爾將一杓屎潑了也。』便打。睦州却問沙彌：『爾作麼生？』沙彌便禮拜，睦州亦打。其僧往沙彌處問：『適來和尚打爾作什麼？』沙彌云：『若不是我，和尚不打某甲。』」師云：「者僧克由叵耐，將一杓屎，潑他二員古佛。諸上座，若能辯得，非唯趙睦二州雪屈，亦乃翠峯與天下老宿無過；若道不得，到處潑人卒未了在。」

[The Master] cited: "Muzhou asked a monk, 'Where have you recently come from?' The monk said, 'Hebei.' Muzhou said, 'In Hebei there is Upādhyāya Zhaozhou; did you ever go there?' The monk said, 'I have recently left there.' Muzhou said, 'What words of teaching does Zhaozhou show his disciples?' The monk said, 'Whenever he sees a newcomer, he immediately asks, "Have you ever been here before?" If they say, "I have," Zhaozhou says, "Go drink tea." If they suddenly say, "I have never been here," Zhaozhou also says, "Go drink tea."' Muzhou said, 'How shameful.' He then asked the monk, 'What was Zhaozhou's intention?' The monk said, 'It was just a temporary upāya.' Muzhou said, 'How miserable Zhaozhou is, to have a ladle of shit splashed over him by you!' He then struck him. Muzhou then asked a novice, 'What do you say?' The novice immediately bowed, and Muzhou struck him as well. That monk went to the novice's place and asked, 'Just now, why did the Upādhyāya strike you?' The novice said, 'If it were not for me, the Upādhyāya would not have struck me.'"
The Master said, "This monk was truly unbearable—taking a ladle of shit and splashing it on two ancient Buddhas. Venerable elders, if you can discern this, not only will the two masters of Zhao and Mu have their grievances cleared, but Cuifeng and the old masters throughout the world will also be blameless. If you cannot speak [it], wherever you go you will be splashing people, and there will be no end to it."