宏智禪師廣錄 4.39

4.39

Ascending the hall on the first day of the tenth month, [the Master] said: "Opening the hearth year after year falls on this very day; / The warm air subtly penetrates, suiting our assembly. / How lamentable that Danxia burned the wooden Buddha, / Causing the monastery director instead to lose his eyebrows. / Venerable Zen practitioners! The monastery director only knew to eat rice when hungry, without knowing of so many varied affairs. Danxia only knew to face the fire when cold, also without knowing of so many varied affairs. If someone under the gate of Tiantong suddenly showed such a hand and such an impatient temperament, I would strike him squarely across the back. Why so? 'Failing to sever what should be severed will bring about disorder instead.'"