明覺禪師語錄 1.44

1.44

[The Master] cited: "At Huangbo's place, six newcomers arrived. Five of them made bows, while one among them lifted up his sitting mat and made a circle. Huangbo said, 'I hear there is a hunting dog that is very vicious.' The monk said, 'It has come tracking the sound of an antelope.' Huangbo said, 'An antelope makes no sound for you to track.' The monk said, 'It has come tracking the footprints of an antelope.' Huangbo said, 'An antelope leaves no footprints for you to track.' The monk said, 'It has come tracking the trail of an antelope.' Huangbo said, 'An antelope leaves no trail for you to track.' The monk said, 'If so, then it is a dead antelope.' Huangbo then desisted. When the next day came, he ascended the hall and said, 'Where is the hunting dog?' The monk then stepped forward. Huangbo said, 'Yesterday's public case was not finished. When this old monk desisted, what about you?' The monk was speechless. Huangbo said, 'I thought you were a patch-robed monk of the fundamental allotment; turns out you are a śramaṇa of doctrinal studies.' He drove him out with his staff."
The Master said, "Just as sounds, footprints, and trails are nonexistent, where can the hunting dog seek and pursue? Could it be that by cutting off sounds, footprints, and trails one sees Huangbo? Virtuous practitioners of Chan, if you want to be clear about the dynamic of trapping a tiger, you too must be a patch-robed monk of the fundamental allotment."