宏智禪師廣錄 2.103

2.103

Dongshan was making offerings before the portrait of Yunyan, and recounted the previous dialogue about painting the portrait. A monk asked, "When Yunyan said, 'Just this is it,' what was his intention?" Shan said, "At that time I nearly misunderstood my late master's meaning." The monk said, "May I ask: did Yunyan know it exists or not?" Shan said, "If he did not know it exists, how could he understand how to speak like that? If he did know it exists, how would he be willing to speak like that?" The ode says: