大慧普覺禪師語錄 7.25

7.25

Instructing the assembly, he brought up the following: "When Zhaoqing was carrying mud during communal labor, he propped up his staff midway and asked a monk, 'Mud from the upper pit, or mud from the lower pit?' The monk said, 'Mud from the upper pit.' Zhaoqing struck him a blow. He also asked another monk, 'Mud from the upper pit, or mud from the lower pit?' The monk said, 'Mud from the lower pit.' Zhaoqing also struck him a blow. He then asked Mingzhao. Mingzhao set down his load of mud, crossed his hands, and said, 'Please scrutinize, Master.' Zhaoqing then desisted."
The Master said, "Although Zhaoqing desisted, Mingzhao, as it turned out, was not satisfied. If Yunmen had seen him then set down his load of mud and say, 'Please scrutinize, Master,' he would have given him a blow right across the back to see how he settled it."