虛堂和尚語錄 5.71

5.71

來山云：「我二十年住此山，未曾舉著宗門中事。」有僧問：「承和尚有言，二十年住此山，未曾舉著宗門中事，是否？」山云：「是。」僧便掀倒禪床，山休去。至明日普請掘一坑，令侍者請昨日問話僧來，山云：「老僧二十年，只說無義語，今請上座，打殺老僧，埋向坑中；若不打殺老僧，上座自著打殺，埋此坑中。」其僧束裝潛去。

Laishan said, "I have lived on this mountain for twenty years and have never once brought up the matter of the ancestral school." A monk asked, "I have received word that the upādhyāya has said, 'I have lived on this mountain for twenty years and have never once brought up the matter of the ancestral school.' Is that so?" Shan said, "It is." The monk thereupon overturned the meditation bed. Shan let the matter rest. When the next day arrived, he held a general work duty to dig a pit, and ordered the attendant to invite the monk who had asked the question yesterday to come. Shan said, "This old monk for twenty years has spoken only meaningless words. Now I invite the senior seat to beat this old monk to death and bury him in the pit. If you do not beat this old monk to death, senior seat, you must be beaten to death yourself and buried in this pit." That monk packed his baggage and slipped away in secret.