宏智禪師廣錄 3.22

3.22

舉漸源因寶蓋來相看。源乃卷簾入方丈坐。蓋下却簾歸客位。源令侍者傳語云。遠涉不易。猶隔津在。纔語了蓋便打一掌。者云。有堂頭和尚在。莫打某甲。蓋云。祇為有和尚在。所以打儞。者回舉似源。源云。猶隔津在。師云。酌然猶隔津在。然則各各彼彼自是一家。且作麼得同生同死共命連枝去。暗裏抽橫骨。明中坐舌頭。

[The Master] cited Jianyuan when Baogai came to visit: Yuan rolled up the screen, entered the Abbot's room, and sat. Gai lowered the screen and returned to the guest quarters. Yuan ordered his attendant to deliver a message: "Traveling from afar is not easy; you are still separated by a ford." Just as he finished speaking, Gai slapped him. The attendant said, "The Abbot is present; do not strike me." Gai said, "It is precisely because the Abbot is present that I strike you." The attendant returned and recounted this to Yuan. Yuan said, "Still separated by a ford." The Master said, "Indeed, still separated by a ford. Nevertheless, each one of them has their own house. How can they share birth and share death, joined in a single destiny as connected branches? In the dark pulling out the cross-bone; in the light sitting on the tongue."