大慧普覺禪師語錄 3.40

3.40

上堂，舉：「雲門問直歲：『今日作甚來？』歲云：『刈茅來。』門云：『刈得幾箇祖師。』歲云：『三百箇。』門云：『朝打三千，暮打八百，東家杓柄長，西家杓柄短，作麼生？』歲無語，門拈拄杖便打。」師云：「直歲無語，自有三百箇祖師證明，雲門令雖行，要且棒頭無眼。」

Ascending the hall, [the Master] cited: "Yunmen asked the duty-monk (zhisuì), 'What did you do today?' The duty-monk said, 'I cut thatch.' Yunmen said, 'How many ancestral masters did you cut down?' The duty-monk said, 'Three hundred.' Yunmen said, 'Striking three thousand in the morning and eight hundred in the evening, the eastern house's ladle handle is long, the western house's ladle handle is short—what about it?' The duty-monk had nothing to say. Yunmen took up his staff and struck [him]." The Master said, "The duty-monk had nothing to say, yet three hundred ancestral masters naturally bear witness. Although Yunmen executed the order, fundamentally his staff-head had no eyes."