宏智禪師廣錄 2.137

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A monk asked Jiufeng: "What is the head?" / Jiufeng said: "Opening the eyes, unaware of dawn." / The monk said: "What is the tail?" / Jiufeng said: "Not sitting on the ten-thousand-year bench." / The monk said: "What happens when there is a head but no tail?" / Jiufeng said: "Ultimately not noble." / The monk said: "What happens when there is a tail but no head?" / Jiufeng said: "Though satiated, having no strength." / The monk said: "What about when head and tail precisely correspond?" / Jiufeng said: "Descendants find strength, yet inside the room they do not know." / The verse says:

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