圓悟佛果禪師語錄 17.46

17.46

舉：「巖頭參德山，入門便問：『是凡是聖？』山便喝，頭禮拜，洞山云：『若不是奯公，大難承當。』巖頭聞云：『洞山老漢不識好惡，錯下名言。殊不知，我當時一手擡、一手搦。』」師拈云：「德山據令而行，只得一半；洞山通方有眼，千里同風。巖頭既善據虎頭，又能收虎尾，大似作家戰將臨陣扣敵，七事俱全不妨奇特。敢問：那箇是一手擡一手搦處？謂言侵早起，更有夜行人。」

He cited: "Yantou went to call on Deshan. Entering the door, he asked, 'Is it mortal or holy?' Deshan gave a shout. Yantou prostrated. Dongshan said, 'Were it not for Master Huo, it would have been very difficult to take on.' When Yantou heard this, he said, 'That old fellow Dongshan does not know good from bad and gave an erroneous verdict. Little does he know that at that time I lifted with one hand and pressed down with the other.'"
The Master critiqued this, saying, "Deshan acted based on the directive, but got only half; Dongshan had the eye of thoroughgoing mastery, sharing the same wind across a thousand miles. Yantou was both skilled at seizing the tiger's head and capable of capturing the tiger's tail; much like an adept general facing the battle array to engage the enemy, all seven military items complete, he was undeniably extraordinary. Dare I ask: where was the lifting with one hand and pressing down with the other? 'Thinking one rose at early dawn, / There are yet night travellers.'"