圓悟佛果禪師語錄 17.39

17.39

舉：「興化一日上堂，有一同參來，纔上法堂，化便喝，僧亦喝，僧纔行三兩步，化又喝，僧亦喝，僧擬進前，化拈棒，僧又喝，化云：『爾看這瞎漢，猶作主宰在。』僧擬議，化便直打下法堂。却歸方丈，侍者便問：『適來僧有甚語句觸忤和尚？』化云：『他適來也有照也有用，也有權也有實，我將手向伊面前劃兩遭，到這裏便用不得。似這般漢，不打更待何時。』」師拈云：「辨王庫刀、振塗毒鼓，掣電未足以擬其迅，震雷未足以方其威，可謂善驅耕夫之牛，能奪饑人之食。只如主賓互換，有照有用，有權有實則且致，甚處是興化將手向伊面前劃兩遭處？若這裏洞明，可以荷負臨濟正法眼藏；如或泥水未分，未免瞎驢隨大隊。」

[The Master] cited: "One day Xinghua ascended the hall. A fellow practitioner arrived, and as soon as he ascended the Dharma hall, Xinghua shouted. The monk also shouted. The monk had only taken two or three steps when Xinghua shouted again. The monk also shouted again. As the monk was about to advance, Xinghua took up his staff. The monk shouted again. Xinghua said: 'Look at this blind fellow, still playing the master!' As the monk hesitated, Xinghua beat him straight down from the Dharma hall. Returning to the Abbot's quarters, the attendant then asked: 'What words did the monk just now say to offend the Venerable?' Xinghua said: 'Just now he had illumination and function, and he had provisional and real. But when I drew two circles with my hand in front of him, at this point he could no longer function. With a fellow like this, if I did not beat him, what would I wait for?'"
The Master critiqued: "Discerning the royal treasury's sword, beating the poison-smeared drum—flashing lightning is not enough to match its swiftness, shaking thunder is not enough to equal its power. He can truly be said to excel at driving off the plowman's ox and snatching away the hungry man's food. Setting aside the interchange of host and guest, possessing illumination and function, possessing the provisional and the real—where is the place where Xinghua drew two circles with his hand in front of him? If here you are completely clear, you can shoulder the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye of Linji; but if mud and water remain unseparated, you cannot avoid being a blind donkey following the main herd."