圓悟佛果禪師語錄 18.16

18.16

舉：「僧問風穴：『九夏賞勞，請師言薦。』穴云：『一把香芻拈未暇，六鐶金錫響搖空。』」師拈云：「風穴用得當陽事，不妨風流儒雅，要且只道得途中句。或有問道林：『九夏賞勞，請師言薦。』只對他道：『四絕堂邊呈瑞氣，三湘江畔奪高標。』」

He brought up [the following case]: "A monk asked Fengxue: 'For the reward and labor of the ninety days of summer, please, Master, recommend a word.' Fengxue said: 'No leisure to pick up a handful of fragrant grass; the six-ringed golden staff jingles, shaking the sky.'" The Master commented: "Fengxue uses matters right in the open, certainly refined and elegant, yet he can only speak phrases along the way. If someone asked Daolin: 'For the reward and labor of the ninety days of summer, please, Master, recommend a word,' I would only say to him: 'Beside the Hall of Four Marvels auspicious vapors are displayed; on the bank of the Three Xiang Rivers the high standard is seized.'"