佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 3.46

3.46

"Zhenzhou produces large radishes; (Known to all under heaven. Strictly avoid speaking of it. Each time it is brought forward, it is renewed.) / Patch-robed monks under heaven take it as the standard. (How can it be helped that it is not so? Who needs these idle words and extended speeches?) / They only know that from antiquity to the present, (Half-open, half-closed. Like hemp, like millet. From antiquity it is not so; at present it is not so.) / How can they distinguish the white of a swan from the black of a crow? (The total dynamic stands out clearly. What is long is naturally long; what is short is naturally short. To recognise it is precious; there is no need to distinguish.) / Thief, thief! (Bah! It is nothing else; he is naturally carrying a cangue and submitting a confession.) / Patch-robed monks' nostrils have been caught hold of!" (Pierced through. Torn and turned around.)