宏智禪師廣錄 3.17

3.17

舉睦州示眾云。裂開也在我。揑聚也在我。僧問。如何是裂開。州云。三九二十七。菩提涅槃真如解脫即心即佛。我且恁麼道。汝又作麼生。僧云。某甲不恁麼道。州云。盞子落地。楪子成八片。僧云。如何是揑聚。州斂手而坐。師云。睦州用處。直是長三短五。七縱八橫。攃在面前。拋向腦後。不妨奇特。然則門庭施設。自是一家。入理深談。不翅百步。

[The Master] cited Muzhou instructing the assembly: "Tearing apart is up to me; gathering together is also up to me." A monk asked, "What is tearing apart?" Zhou said, "Three times nine is twenty-seven; bodhi, nirvāṇa, suchness, liberation, mind itself is buddha. I speak thus for now; what do you say?" The monk said, "I do not speak thus." Zhou said, "The bowl falls to the ground; the saucer breaks into eight pieces." The monk said, "What is gathering together?" Zhou folded his hands and sat. The Master said, "Muzhou's functioning was truly long in three and short in five, seven vertical and eight horizontal—thrust before your face, thrown behind your head. It is indeed extraordinary. Nevertheless, setting up the threshold is one family's style; but deep discourse entering the principle falls more than a hundred paces short."