大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.58

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圓悟、佛眼、佛鑑，同在五祖，一日相謂曰：「老和尚秖是乾嚗嚗地，往往說心說性不得，因請益佛身無為不墮諸數。」祖曰：「譬如清淨摩尼寶珠映於五色，五色是數，摩尼是佛身。」圓悟謂二老曰：「他大段會說，我輩說時費多少工夫，他秖一兩句，便了分明，是箇老大蟲。」祖聞之乃曰：「若說心說性，便是惡口。」又曰：「猫有歃血之功，虎有起屍之德，所謂驅耕夫之牛，奪飢人之食，若不如是，盡是弄泥團漢。」

When Yuanwu, Foyan, and Fojian were together under Wuzu, one day they said to one another, "The old master is simply dry and abrupt; he often cannot speak of mind or nature." They therefore requested instruction on the Buddha-body being unconditioned and not falling into numerical categories. Wuzu said, "It is like a pure mani jewel reflecting the five colors: the five colors are the numbers, and the mani jewel is the Buddha-body." Yuanwu said to the two elder monks, "He knows how to explain things on a grand scale. When we speak, how much effort do we expend? With just one or two sentences, he makes it utterly clear; he is a great tiger!" When Wuzu heard this, he said, "If one speaks of mind and nature, that is already foul speech." He also said, "A cat has the merit of smearing blood, and a tiger has the virtue of raising a corpse. This is what is called driving off the plowman's ox and snatching the starving person's food. If one is not like this, one is entirely a fellow playing with mud balls."