宏智禪師廣錄 4.136

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上堂舉。曹山問德上座。菩薩在定。聞香象渡河。出什麼經。德云。涅槃經。山云。定前聞定後聞。德云。和尚流也。山云。道則太殺道。秖道得一半。德云。和尚如何。山云。灘下接取。師云。淵默之津。皓然之色。混處功齊。細看轉側。昆侖脫手黃金繩。鼻孔纍垂收不得。

[Hongzhi] ascended the hall and brought up: "Caoshan asked Senior Monk De, 'When a bodhisattva is in samādhi and hears a fragrant elephant crossing a river, what sūtra does this come from?' De said, 'The Nirvāṇa Sūtra.' Caoshan said, 'Is it heard before samādhi or after samādhi?' De said, 'The Venerable is flowing.' Caoshan said, 'You have said quite a lot, but you have only said half of it.' De said, 'What does the Venerable say?' Caoshan said, 'Catch it downstream below the rapids.'" The Master said, "The ford of deep silence, the color of gleaming whiteness. Where blended, merits are equal; look closely at how it turns. The Kunlun slave lets go of the golden rope—the nostrils hang down, impossible to reel in."