宏智禪師廣錄 4.197

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解夏上堂。十五日已前。頭上不著七寶冠。十五日已後。脚下掣斷五色線。頭上不著七寶冠。正坐不見坐。脚下掣斷五色線。正去不見去。正當十五日。覷破兩頭。直得君臣道合。父子氣和。瑠璃殿上。玉女搖頭。明月堂前。石人撫掌。退一步也。萬仞崖前撒手。進一步也。百尺竿頭轉身。生滅去來。動靜出沒。只在箇時撮聚。許多機要。放行把住。總在我儂。且道。正恁麼時如何還會麼。先行不到猶迷己。末後纔過又借功。

Ascending the hall for the conclusion of the summer retreat: "Before the fifteenth day, on the head do not wear the seven-jewel crown; after the fifteenth day, under the feet snap the five-colored thread. On the head not wearing the seven-jewel crown, when sitting upright, one does not see sitting; under the feet snapping the five-colored thread, when straightaway going, one does not see going. Right on the fifteenth day, see through both ends, straightaway reaching the state where the way of ruler and minister accords, and the spirit of father and son harmonizes. In the lapis lazuli palace, the jade maiden shakes her head; before the bright moon hall, the stone figure claps his hands. Stepping back, release your hold before a ten-thousand-fathom cliff; stepping forward, turn your body atop a hundred-foot pole. Arising and ceasing, going and coming, movement and stillness, emerging and disappearing—all are gathered in this moment. The many functional essentials—releasing and holding fast—are entirely up to me. But tell me: right at such a time, what about it? Do you understand? Those who walk ahead without arriving are still deluded about themselves; having just passed the very end, one borrows function again."