明覺禪師語錄 2.27

2.27

師在舒州海會時，因看胥通判問：「山中多少眾？」師云：「一百來僧。」胥云：「既是海會，為甚只有百僧？」師云：「人貧智短。」胥云：「更道。」師云：「他後有人舉在。」又問：「山中長老每日說箇什麼？」師云：「路逢劍客。」胥云：「吽。」師便辭退。

When the master was at Haihui in Shuzhou, Controller General Xu came to visit and asked, "How many are in the assembly on the mountain?" The master said, "About a hundred monks." Xu said, "Since it is Haihui ('Ocean Assembly'), why are there only a hundred monks?" The master said, "A poor person's wisdom is short." Xu said, "Say more." The master said, "Later on someone will bring this up." He asked again, "What does the elder on the mountain say every day?" The master said, "Meeting a swordsman on the road." Xu said, "Humph." The master then took his leave and departed.