虛堂和尚語錄 9.110

9.110

師乃舉：「鄭十三娘，隨一尼上溈山，山云：『師姑在什麼處住？』尼云：『南臺江邊住。』山便喝出，却云：『背後老婆子，向什麼處住？』十三娘叉手近前而立，溈山再問，十三娘云：『早箇呈似了也。』山云：『去。』二人至法堂，尼云：『十三娘尋常道：「我會禪。」口如利劍，今日被大師問，總無一言可答。』十三娘云：『苦哉苦哉，作者般眼目，也道我行脚。爾須脫下裙衫，與十三娘著。』」拈云：「古人道：『肯重不得全，尚被人檢點。』何況未忘已見。念他初地菩薩，不欲徵之。」

The master then brought up: "Thirteenth Mistress Zheng accompanied a nun up to Guishan. Guishan said: 'Where does the reverend nun live?' The nun said: 'I live by the river at Nantai.' Guishan shouted her out, then said: 'The old woman behind—where does she live?' Thirteenth Mistress stood forward with crossed hands. Guishan asked again, and Thirteenth Mistress said: 'I presented it clearly long ago.' Guishan said: 'Go.' The two went to the Dharma Hall. The nun said: 'Thirteenth Mistress usually says, "I understand Chan," with a mouth like a sharp sword; today when asked by the Great Master, you had not a single word to reply.' Thirteenth Mistress said: 'How bitter, how bitter! With eyes like this, you also say you are on an itinerant pilgrimage! You should take off your skirt and robe and give them to Thirteenth Mistress to wear.'" Raising the case, [the master] said: "An ancient said: 'Taking it seriously, one cannot preserve wholeness, yet one is still checked by others.' How much more so for one who has not yet forgotten her own views! Mindful that she was a bodhisattva of the first stage, I did not wish to interrogate her."