明覺禪師語錄 3.72

3.72

舉：「南泉示眾云：『王老師賣身去也，還有人買麼？』一僧出眾云：『某甲買。』泉云：『不作貴、不作賤，作麼生買？』僧無語。臥龍代云：『和尚屬專甲。』禾山云：『是何道理？』趙州云：『明年與和尚作領布衫。』」師云：「雖然作家競買，要且不解輸機。且道，南泉還肯麼？雪竇也擬酬箇價直，令南泉進且無門退亦無地。不作貴、不作賤，作麼生買？別處容和尚不得。」

[The Master] cited: "Nanquan instructed the assembly, saying, 'Old Teacher Wang is going to sell his body; is there anyone who will buy it?' A monk came forward from the assembly and said, 'I will buy it.' Nanquan said, 'Neither setting a high price nor setting a low price, how will you buy it?' The monk had no words. Wolong spoke in his place: 'The Upādhyāya belongs to me.' Heshan said, 'What principle is this?' Zhaozhou said, 'Next year I will make a cloth shirt for the Upādhyāya.'" The Master said, "Though adepts vied to buy it, they still did not understand how to lose the advantage. Tell me, did Nanquan approve or not? Xuedou also intended to offer a price, leaving Nanquan nowhere to advance and no ground to retreat: neither setting a high price nor setting a low price, how will you buy it? No other place can accommodate the Upādhyāya."