密菴和尚語錄 1.144

1.144

上堂，舉：「僧問投子：『依稀似半月，彷彿若三星，乾坤收不得，師於何處明？』投子云：『道什麼？』僧云：『想師只有湛水之波，且無滔天之浪。』投子云：『閑言語。』雪竇拈云：『投子古佛，不道不知，點檢將來，直是天地懸隔。纔問，和聲便打。』」師云：「田地穩密，佛眼不能窺。坐籌帷幄，決勝千里，還他投子老人。遮僧也解扣關擊節，上門上戶，只是插手脚不得。雪竇道：『和聲便打。』也是賊過後張弓。」

Ascending the hall, he cited: "A monk asked Touzi, 'Vaguely like a crescent moon, faintly like three stars, heaven and earth cannot contain it—where do you, Master, clarify it?' Touzi said, 'What did you say?' The monk said, 'I imagine you, Master, only have ripples on clear water, and surely have no sky-surging waves.' Touzi said, 'Idle words.' Xuedou brought this up and said, 'Old Buddha Touzi did not say he did not know; yet examining it closely, they are truly separated as heaven from earth. As soon as he asked, strike him right along with his voice!'"
The Master said: "The ground is secure and secret; the Buddha's eye cannot pry into it. Devising strategies within the tent, deciding victory a thousand leagues away—credit that to old man Touzi. This monk also understood knocking at the gate and striking the rhythm, coming straight up to the doors and house, but he just could not put his hands and feet into it. When Xuedou said, 'Strike him right along with his voice,' that too was drawing the bow after the thief has passed."