虛堂和尚語錄 6.82

6.82

He cited: "Mingzhao went to the place of Senior Monk Tan of Quanzhou. Tan said, 'Now in practicing and studying, where there is one person, one must go; where there is half a person, one must also go.' Mingzhao then asked, 'Leaving aside where there is one person, what is it where there is half a person?' Tan was speechless. Later he had his junior disciple ask Mingzhao. Mingzhao said, 'Do you want to know the half a person? He is just a fellow playing with clumps of mud.'"