大慧普覺禪師語錄 10.227

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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: