大慧普覺禪師語錄 10.231

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10.231

Linji asked the abbot, "Where have you come from?" He replied, "I have come from selling yellow rice in the prefecture." Linji drew a line with his staff and said, "Did you manage to sell this?" The monk gave a shout, and Linji struck him. Next the tenzo arrived, and Linji cited this to the tenzo. The tenzo said, "The abbot did not understand the Venerable's meaning." Linji said, "What about you?" The tenzo bowed, and Linji struck him as well. A verse says:

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大慧普覺禪師語錄 — Classical Chinese