佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 7.15

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兩堂俱是杜禪和。雪竇不向句下死。亦不認驢前馬後。有撥轉處。便道撥動煙塵不柰何。雪竇與南泉把手共行。一句說了也。兩堂首座。沒歇頭處。到處只管撥動煙塵。柰何不得。賴得南泉與他斷這公案。收得淨盡。他爭柰前不搆村後不迭店。所以道。賴得南泉能舉令。一刀兩段任偏頗。直下一刀兩段。更不管有偏頗。且道南泉據什麼令。

"Both halls were spurious chan monks." Xuedou does not die under the words, nor does he follow along before donkeys and behind horses; where there is a place to turn, he immediately says, "Stirring up smoke and dust, they could do nothing about it." Xuedou walked hand in hand with Nanquan; in a single phrase he stated it completely. The head monks of both halls had nowhere to rest; everywhere they merely stirred up smoke and dust, powerless to do anything. Fortunately, Nanquan settled this gong'an for them and gathered it in cleanly. What could they do, reaching neither the village ahead nor the inn behind? Therefore it is said: "Fortunately, Nanquan was able to execute the imperative: in one blade, two pieces, letting it be biased or skewed." Directly cut into two pieces with a single blade, paying no heed to whether it is biased or skewed. Now tell me: what imperative did Nanquan rely on?