明覺禪師語錄 3.28

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3.28

He brought up: "Zhaozhou arrived at Huangbo's. Huangbo saw him coming and closed the abbot's quarters. Zhou said, 'Fire! Fire!' Huangbo came out, seized him, and said, 'Speak! Speak!' Zhou said, 'Drawing the bow after the thief has passed.'" The Master said, "Truly laughable! A laugh must last thirty years. If a patch-robed monk suddenly asks, 'What is Xuedou laughing at?'—laughing at drawing the bow after the thief has passed."

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明覺禪師語錄 — Classical Chinese