宏智禪師廣錄 4.253

4.253

沙彌請上堂舉。僧問讓和尚。如鏡鑄像。像成後光歸何處。讓云。如大德作童子時。相狀向什麼處去也。師云。只者便是。非像非鏡。誰主誰賓。何偏何正。縫罅莫我欺無孔之槌。錙銖莫我定無星之秤。驀拈柱杖作攪勢云。聊將柱杖攪滄溟。令彼魚龍知水為命。

A novice requested [an address]. Ascending the hall, [the Master] brought up: A monk asked Master Rang: "Just as a mirror casts an image: after the image is formed, where does the brightness return?"
Rang said: "Just as when you, Virtuous One, were a child, where did your appearance go?"
The Master said: "Just this is it. Neither image nor mirror; who is host and who is guest? What is biased and what is upright? The hole-less mallet cannot deceive me with seams or cracks; the star-less steelyard cannot fix me by drachms or grains." Suddenly picking up his staff, he made a stirring gesture and said: "I casually take the staff to stir the vast ocean, making those fish and dragons know that water is their life."