宏智禪師廣錄 4.208

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上堂舉僧問南泉。高揖釋迦不拜彌勒時如何。泉云。昨日有人恁麼問趁出了也。僧云。和尚怕某甲不實。泉云。柱杖不在。苕菷柄聊與三十。後來雪竇道。南泉只有受璧之心。且無割城之意。師云。撿點將來雪竇也好。與三十拄杖何故不見道。當斷不斷。反招其亂。諸人還會也無。天童不免指注去也。王老師足意氣。是是非非蕩情謂。倚天照雪爛光芒。掃盡攙搶千萬里。

Ascending the hall, he cited: A monk asked Nanquan, "What about when one bows deeply to Śākya and does not prostrate to Maitreya?" Nanquan said, "Yesterday someone asked like this, and I drove him out." The monk said, "The Venerable fears that I am not sincere." Nanquan said, "My staff is not here, but with a broom handle I'll give you thirty strokes for now." Later, Xuedou said, "Nanquan only had the mind to receive the jade, and lacked the intention to cede the cities." The Master said: Upon examination, Xuedou also deserves thirty blows with the staff. Why? Have you not heard it said: "When one should be decisive but is not, it instead invites chaos"? Do you all understand? Tiantong cannot help but point it out for you: Old Teacher Wang has plenty of mettle; / Right and wrong sweep away all emotional notions. / Leaning against heaven, reflecting off the snow, brilliant and radiant, / Sweeping away the ominous comets across ten thousand miles.