明覺禪師語錄 2.144

2.144

舉：「僧問趙州：『學人乍入叢林，乞師指示。』州云：『喫粥了也未？』云：『喫粥了也。』州云：『洗鉢盂去。』雲門大師云：『且道有指示？無指示？若云有，向他道什麼？若道無，何得悟去？』」師拈云：「我不似雲門為蛇畫足，直言向爾道，問者如蟲蝕木，答者偶爾成文。然雖恁麼，瞎却衲僧眼。作麼生免得此過？諸仁者！要會麼？還爾趙州喫粥，未拈却者僧喫粥了，雪竇與爾拄杖子，歸堂。」

He cited: "A monk asked Zhaozhou, 'I have newly entered the monastic grove; I beg the master for instruction.' Zhaozhou said, 'Have you eaten your porridge yet?' The monk said, 'I have eaten the porridge.' Zhaozhou said, 'Go wash your bowl.' Great Master Yunmen said, 'Tell me, was there instruction or no instruction? If you say there was, what did he say to him? If you say there was none, how did he attain awakening?'" The Master brought this up and said, "I am not like Yunmen, drawing feet on a snake. I tell you directly: the questioner was like a worm eating wood; the answerer was like characters formed by chance. Even though it is like that, it blinds the eyes of patch-robed monks. How can one avoid this fault? Benevolent ones! Do you want to understand? Leaving aside Zhaozhou eating porridge, before taking up this monk having eaten porridge, Xuedou gives you the staff. Return to the hall."