大慧普覺禪師語錄 3.39

3.39

上堂，舉：「僧問南泉：『牛頭未見四祖時，為甚麼百鳥銜華獻？』泉云：『步步蹋佛階梯。』僧云：『見後為甚麼不銜華獻？』泉云：『直饒不來，猶較王老師一線道。』雲門道：『南泉只解步步登高，不解從空放下。』」師云：「雲門雖有鍼膏肓起廢疾之能，未免治聾作啞，步步登高、從空放下，甚麼處得這消息來？有僧請益雲門：『如何是步步登高？』門云：『香積世界。』僧云：『如何是從空放下？』門云：『填溝塞壑。』」師云：「且救得一半。」

Ascending the hall, [the Master] cited: "A monk asked Nanquan, 'Before Niutou met the Fourth Patriarch, why did the hundred birds carry flowers in their beaks to offer [him]?' Nanquan said, 'Step by step he trod the stairs of buddhahood.' The monk said, 'Why did they not carry flowers to offer [him] after he met [him]?' Nanquan said, 'Even granting they do not come, he still differs from Teacher Wang by a thread of a path.' Yunmen said, 'Nanquan only knows how to step by step ascend to the heights; he does not know how to let go from the void.'" The Master said, "Although Yunmen has the skill to needle the vital organs and heal crippled limbs, he cannot avoid curing the deaf by making them mute. 'Step by step ascending to the heights' and 'letting go from the void'—from where did he get this news? A monk asked Yunmen for further instruction: 'What is step by step ascending to the heights?' Yunmen said, 'The Realm of Fragrant Accumulation.' The monk said, 'What is letting go from the void?' Yunmen said, 'Filling gullies and plugging ravines.'" The Master said, "[He] barely saved half of it."