明覺禪師語錄 3.14

3.14

舉：「欽山一日上堂，竪起拳又開云：『開即為掌，五指參差。』復握云：『如今為拳，必無高下。還有商量也無？』一僧出眾竪起拳，山云：『爾只是箇無開合漢。』」師云：「雪竇即不然，乃竪起拳云：『握則為拳有高有下。』復開云：『開則成掌無黨無偏。』且道放開為人好？把定為人好？開也造車，握也合轍，若謂閉門造車、出門合轍，我也知爾向鬼窟裏作活計。」

He brought up: "One day Qinshan ascended the hall, raised his fist, then opened it, saying: 'Opened, it is a palm; the five fingers are uneven.' Then he gripped it again, saying: 'Now it is a fist; there is surely neither high nor low. Is there still anything to discuss?' A monk came forward from the assembly and raised his fist. Shan said, 'You are merely a fellow without opening and closing.'" The Master said, "Xuedou is not like that." Thereupon he raised his fist and said, "Gripped, it is a fist; there is high and low." Then he opened it and said, "Opened, it becomes a palm; there is neither faction nor bias. And tell me: is opening up for people better, or holding fast for people better? Opening also builds the cart; gripping also fits the ruts. If you say, 'Building the cart behind closed doors, going out the door it fits the ruts,' I also know you are making a livelihood inside a ghost cave."