虛堂和尚語錄 2.153

2.153

解夏小參：「各各鼻貫已脫，秋風影裡擺尾搖頭，老安雖則善能訪跡，終竟難尋；寂子只知樹下忘軀，何曾解牧露逈逈？雲山溢目飽齁齁，野草連天，不須短笛催歸，千聖也無覓處。驀然傅公子出來道：『汝等頭角之士，九十日內託此檮陰，未嘗有半蹄之功，踏破我常住一塊泥𡋯，何得如此快活？』山僧只得與他代一轉語。」

At the informal gathering for concluding the summer retreat: "The nose-ropes of each and every one have been slipped off; wagging tails and shaking heads in the autumn wind's shadow. Though Old An was adept at tracking footprints, in the end they are hard to find; Jizi only knew how to forget himself under the tree, but when did he ever understand herding the ox on the open ground clearly exposed? Clouded mountains fill the eyes, sated and snoring; wild grass stretches to the sky—no need for a short flute to urge the return, even the thousand sages have no place to seek them. Suddenly Lord Fu comes out and says: 'You men of horns and heads, leaning on this tree's shade for ninety days, have never rendered half a hoof's worth of service, yet you have trampled into pieces a clod of mud belonging to my permanent property—how can you be so merry?' This mountain monk cannot but deliver a turning word on their behalf."