虛堂和尚語錄 2.38

2.38

上堂，僧問：「雪覆千山，因甚孤峯不白？」師云：「消得龍王多少風？」僧云：「大小大，虛堂今日失利。」師云：「手臂終不向外曲。」僧云：「普化搖木鐸，騰空而去，未審向甚麼處去？」師云：「三九二十七。」僧云：「畢竟向甚麼處去？」師云：「咬人屎橛，不是好狗。」僧云：「學人今日小出大遇。」便禮拜，師云：「窮鬼子。」

Ascending the hall, a monk asked, "When snow covers the thousand mountains, why is the solitary peak not white?"
The master said, "How much of the Dragon King's wind can it consume?"
The monk said, "Great and small, Xutang has lost the advantage today!"
The master said, "An arm never bends outward."
The monk said, "Puhua shook his wooden clapper and ascended into the sky; I wonder, where did he go?"
The master said, "Three times nine is twenty-seven."
The monk said, "Ultimately, where did he go?"
The master said, "One who bites human turds is no good dog."
The monk said, "Today this student gave out little and gained much." He then bowed.
The master said, "Pauper's brat!"