大慧普覺禪師語錄 6.9

6.9

Ascending the hall, [the Master] cited: "One day, Zhaozhou was debating with Attendant Wenyuan, contesting who was inferior, not who was superior; the winner was to lose a pancake. Wenyuan said: 'Please, Venerable, set up the proposition.' Zhaozhou said: 'I am a donkey.' Wenyuan said: 'I am the donkey's stomach.' Zhaozhou said: 'I am the donkey's dung.' Wenyuan said: 'I am a worm in the dung.' Zhaozhou said: 'What are you doing in there?' Wenyuan said: 'I am spending the summer retreat in there.' Zhaozhou said: 'Bring out the pancake!'"
The Master said: "Wenyuan spending the summer retreat in donkey dung: a red face is not as good as straight speech. Zhaozhou coveting petty gain from another and winning a pancake: upon scrutiny, this is also like a man from Puzhou escorting a thief. But in the end, what about it?" After a long pause, he said: "The King of Geese chooses the milk; it has never been of the duck kind."