宏智禪師廣錄 2.138

2.138

The compass is round and the square is true; / acting when employed and hiding when set aside. / Slowing down the birds roosting in reeds; / moving forward or retreating, the ram butts the hedge. / Eating the food of another's family; / sleeping in one's own bed. / Clouds rise and cause rain; / dew congeals and becomes frost. / Jade thread matches and threads through the eye of the needle; / brocade silk unbroken vomits from the belly of the shuttle. / The stone maiden halts her loom as night turns toward midnight; / the wooden figure turns on the path as the moon's shadow shifts from the center.