明覺禪師語錄 4.125

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石頭問讓大師：「不慕諸聖不重己靈時如何？」讓云：「子問太高生，何不向下問將來？」別云：「三十棒教誰喫。」

Shitou asked Great Master Rang, "What about when one does not admire the sages and does not value one's own spirit?" Rang said, "Your question is far too high; why not ask from lower down?" In an alternative [the Master] said, "Who will take these thirty blows of the stick?"