宏智禪師廣錄 2.137

2.137

舉僧問九峯。如何是頭。峯云。開眼不覺曉。僧云。如何是尾。峯云。不坐萬年床。僧云。有頭無尾時如何。峯云。終是不貴。僧云。有尾無頭時如何。峯云。雖飽無力。僧云。直得頭尾相稱時如何。峯云。兒孫得力室內不知。頌曰。

A monk asked Jiufeng: "What is the head?" / Jiufeng said: "Opening the eyes, unaware of dawn." / The monk said: "What is the tail?" / Jiufeng said: "Not sitting on the ten-thousand-year bench." / The monk said: "What happens when there is a head but no tail?" / Jiufeng said: "Ultimately not noble." / The monk said: "What happens when there is a tail but no head?" / Jiufeng said: "Though satiated, having no strength." / The monk said: "What about when head and tail precisely correspond?" / Jiufeng said: "Descendants find strength, yet inside the room they do not know." / The verse says: