大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.25

1.25

One day the old fellow Shun cited: 'Reverend Yanguan called to his attendant: "Bring the rhinoceros fan." The attendant said: "The fan is already broken." Yanguan said: "Since the fan is broken, give me back the rhinoceros." The attendant had no reply.' Shun said: 'During the dog days of summer, a fan was truly needed right then; it was because the attendant did not bring the matter to completion. Even though it was like this, Yanguan was too wordy; why didn't everyone let it go? If the attendant back then had seen Yanguan say, "Since the fan is broken, give me back the rhinoceros," he should have said to him: "It has already been tossed onto the garbage heap!"'