宏智禪師廣錄 2.197

2.197

He cited: Jiufeng served as attendant to Shishuang. When Shishuang passed away, the assembly wished to invite the head monk in the hall to continue the abbacy. Jiufeng would not agree, saying, "Wait until I have questioned him. If he understands the late master's intent, I will attend on him as I did the late master." He then asked, "The late master said, 'Rest and cease! Take a single thought for ten thousand years! Be cold ashes and withered wood! Be a single strip of white silk!' Tell me, what aspect of the affair does this clarify?" The head monk said, "It clarifies the affair of the single-color aspect." Jiufeng said, "In that case, you do not yet understand the late master's intent." The head monk said, "You don't approve of me? Bring incense!" The head monk then burned incense and said, "If I do not understand the late master's intent, may I be unable to pass away where the incense smoke rises." Having spoken, he passed away sitting. Jiufeng patted his back and said, "Sitting passings and standing deaths are not absent, but as for the late master's intent, you haven't even dreamed of it yet." The Master appended a verse: