佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 6.14

6.14

Right at the start Xuedou versifies: "Wild ducks—where do they know to go?" Tell me, how many are there? "Mazu saw them coming and spoke with him:" this versifies Mazu asking Baizhang, "What is that?" and Zhang saying, "Wild ducks." "Exhausting completely the sentiments of mountain clouds and ocean moon:" this versifies asking Baizhang again, "Where have they gone?" Master Ma, for his sake, naturally shed his skin and bones. Baizhang, as before, did not understand, but said, "They have flown past"—a twofold blunder. "About to fly away, he pulls him back:" Xuedou concludes the case according to the confession. He also says, "Speak! Speak!" This is Xuedou's place of turning the body. Tell me: how to speak? If you make the sound of enduring pain, you are wrong; if you do not make the sound of enduring pain, how do you understand it? Although Xuedou has versified it very wondrously, what can he do? He too cannot leap free.