佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 7.12

7.12

【六三】舉。南泉一日東西兩堂爭猫兒（不是今日合閙。也一場漏逗）南泉見遂提起云。道得即不斬（正令當行。十方坐斷。這老漢有定龍蛇手脚）眾無對（可惜放過。一隊漆桶堪作什麼。杜撰禪和如麻似粟）泉斬猫兒為兩段（快哉快哉。若不如此。盡是弄泥團漢。賊過後張弓。已是第二頭未舉起時好打）。

[63] Case: One day, at Nanquan, the eastern and western halls were contending over a cat. (It wasn't just today that they ought to be noisy; also a whole scene of blunders.) / Nanquan saw it, picked it up, and said, "If you can speak, I will not cut it." (The authentic imperative is put into practice; the ten directions are cut off. This old fellow has the hands and feet to settle dragons and snakes.) / The assembly had no reply. (A pity to let it go. What use is a band of lacquer buckets? Spurious chan monks, like hemp and millet.) / Nanquan cut the cat into two pieces. (Delightful, delightful! Were it not like this, they would all be fellows playing with mud balls. Drawing the bow after the thief has passed. It is already the second head; before it was raised, he should have been beaten.)