大慧普覺禪師語錄 10.227

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婆聞却云：「趙州合喫婆手中棒。」州聞哭云：「可悲可痛。」婆聞乃歎云：「趙州眼光爍破四天下。」州聞令人去問云：「如何是趙州眼？」婆乃豎起拳，州聞乃作頌送云：「當機覿面提，覿面當機疾，報爾凌行婆，哭聲何得失？」婆答云：「哭聲師已曉，已曉復誰知，當時摩竭令，幾喪目前機。」頌云：

When the old woman heard this, she countered, "Zhaozhou deserves to take a blow from this old woman's hand!" Zhaozhou heard of it, wept, and said, "How pitiable, how painful!" When the old woman heard this, she sighed and said, "Zhaozhou's eyesight blazes through the four continents!" Zhaozhou heard of this and sent someone to ask her, "What is Zhaozhou's eye?" The old woman held up her fist. Zhaozhou heard of it and composed a verse to send to her: "Brought forth directly facing the situation, / Facing directly upon the situation, swift as can be. / I say to you, Old Woman Ling: / What is gained or lost in the sound of weeping?" The old woman replied: "The master already understands the sound of weeping; / Having understood it, who else knows? / At that time, the decree of Magadha / Almost destroyed the capacity right before the eyes." A verse says: