宏智禪師廣錄 3.82

3.82

[The Master] cited: The Chan guest Liang asked Qinshan, "How is it when a single turn shatters the three barriers?" Qinshan said, "Release the master within the barrier for me to see." Liang said, "In that case, knowing one's fault, one must correct it." Qinshan said, "What time are you still waiting for?" Liang said, "A fine arrow is shot, but hits no mark," and then went out. Qinshan said, "Come here for a moment, ācārya!" Liang turned his head. Qinshan grabbed him and said, "Setting aside for now a single turn shattering the three barriers, try releasing an arrow for Qinshan to see." Liang hesitated. Qinshan struck him seven blows with the staff and said, "Just let this fellow doubt for thirty years." The Master said, "Mountain-heaped and peak-accumulated, yet melting away like tiles crumbling and ice thawing—this Dharma is known to everyone. 'Release the master within the barrier for me to see'—how should one act? Some say: shout immediately, or slap immediately. Although doing so for a time in a blind fashion may pass, yet that is still not the master within the barrier. Do you comprehend? Not sitting upright in the main hall, how could one respond to the dynamics of both extremes?"