虛堂和尚語錄 2.42

2.42

He again cited: "Beichan instructed the assembly on New Year's Eve: 'The year is at its end, the months exhausted; I have nothing to share the New Year with you all. I'll boil a white ox on the open ground, steam millet drink, cook wild greens soup, burn firewood roots, and sing village field tunes, so as to avoid depending on other people's gates or leaning against their walls.' He then stepped down from his seat. At that time, a monk came forward and said, 'The Venerable slaughters an ox, why does he not pay tax on the sinews and horns?' Beichan threw down his hat. The monk picked it up and said, 'The weather is cold; I return the Venerable's hat.'"
The master said, "The Shao music played in nine movements; the phoenix comes to present its poise."