虛堂和尚語錄 3.45

3.45

上堂，舉：「僧問香林：『如何是室內一盞燈？』香林云：『三人證龜成鱉。』」師拈云：「香林二十年雲門侍者，向紙衣錄中得此句子。育王則不然，忽有人問，只向他道：『皇天無私，惟德是輔。』」

Ascending the hall, he cited: "A monk asked Xianglin: 'What is the single lamp within the room?' Xianglin said: 'Three people testify that a tortoise is a turtle.'" The Master took it up and said: "Xianglin was Yunmen's attendant for twenty years and obtained this phrase from the paper-robed record. Yuwang is not so. If someone suddenly asks, I would only say to him: 'August Heaven has no favorites; it aids only the virtuous.'"