圓悟佛果禪師語錄 17.16

17.16

[The Master] cited: "A monk asked Changqing, 'When there is questioning and answering, host and guest are distinct. What about when there is neither question nor answer?' Qing said, 'Are you afraid it will rot away?' A monk asked Muzhou, 'When there is questioning and answering, host and guest are distinct. What about when there is neither question nor answer?' Muzhou said, 'Upon meeting, all say they will resign from office, / Yet who has ever been seen living beneath the trees?'"
The Master said, "Were someone to ask Chongning, 'When there is questioning and answering, host and guest are distinct. What about when there is neither question nor answer?' I would reply to him: 'Having captured Annam, one worries again about the northern frontier.'"