虛堂和尚語錄 1.36

1.36

受報恩辭眾，上堂：「流虹七載夤緣盡，又向天寧理債窠，脫得驢胎入馬腹，皮毛輕重不爭多。」

Having accepted [the abbacy of] Bao'en and bidding farewell to the assembly, he ascended the hall: "The flowing rainbow: seven years, and the affinity is exhausted; / again heading toward Tianning to manage a den of debts. / Having escaped a donkey's womb to enter a horse's belly, / in the weight of fur and hide there is not much difference."