虛堂和尚語錄 1.57

1.57

除夜小參，拈主丈：「未有世界，未有佛祖，便有者主丈子，礙東礙西，及乎世界成立佛祖出興，依舊鱗鱗皴皴，栗栗楖榔，德山借他鼻孔出氣，芭蕉齒豁，不覺漏風，致令天下禪和，箇箇隨他脚後跟，轉年窮歲盡不解轉身，只因節目不分，落在報恩手裏，我也不能勘辨得爾，只要諸人知道，三陽交泰，萬彙咸亨。脫或未然。」以主丈畫一畫，大眾退後。

At the informal gathering on New Year's Eve, he picked up his staff: "Before worlds existed, before Buddhas and patriarchs existed, there was already this staff, obstructing east and obstructing west. When worlds were established and Buddhas and patriarchs appeared, it remained scaly and craggy, rough and stubborn as before. Deshan borrowed its nostrils to breathe out air; Bajiao had missing teeth and unconsciously leaked wind. This causes the Chan practitioners under heaven, every one of them, to follow in its footsteps, and at year's end when the year is exhausted, they do not understand how to turn their bodies, solely because they do not distinguish the joints. Having fallen into Bao'en's hands, neither can I cross-examine you. I only want you all to know: 'The three yangs combine in harmony, and the ten thousand things all prosper.' But if you are not yet thus..." He drew a line with his staff, and the assembly retreated.