宏智禪師廣錄 4.97

4.97

上堂舉僧問石霜。如何是和尚深深處。霜云。無鬚鎖子兩頭搖。師云。先行不到末後太過。一著中間見也麼。纔形黑白分生殺。帶累樵人爛斧柯。

Ascending the hall, [the Master] cited: A monk asked Shishuang, "What is the Venerable's deepest place?" Shuang said, "A key without a beard shaking at both ends." The Master said: The first to go does not reach it; the last goes too far. Do you see right in the middle of a single move? As soon as black and white take shape and determine life and death, they implicate the woodcutter whose axe handle rots away.