虛堂和尚語錄 3.37

3.37

The upādhyāya of Xuedou arrived. Ascending the hall, [the Master said]: "At the peak of Jinlun, beside Jinjing Pavilion, there is a single phrase that has brought harm to patch-robed monks throughout the world, yet not a single person has been able to check and correct it. For Yuwang's lips to remain silent so long—how could that be permitted? Tell me, what phrase is it?" He struck with his staff: "I hear it said the wind in the village ahead is even fiercer; / The apricot blossoms have nowhere to escape the spring cold."