萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.116

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師云。黃龍晦堂問。黃魯直正窘迫次。一人至。堂問。誰遣汝來。人云。大林葉秀才。問。有書否。人云。有。又問。書何在。人即引手背。抽衣領舉書。呈堂。堂云。學道到此人田地方可。黃有愧色。法眼問覺上座。舡來陸來。覺云。舡來。眼云。舡在甚麼處。這裏一百箇。九十九箇。呈機顯示。是他穩實平貼底人。那裏與爾干戈相待。是他道舡在河裏。磁州老師道。恰似沙地裏放箇八脚𨫼子。更無些子不穩當處。覺退後眼却問傍僧云。爾道。適來這僧。具眼不具眼。只這一問大曬誵訛。若道具眼。有甚奇特玄妙。若道不具眼。見甚麼破綻。試教天童定當看。

The Master said: Huanglong Huitang was questioning Huang Luzhi, who was just in an awkward fix. A person arrived, and Huitang asked, "Who sent you?"
The person said, "Scholar Ye of Dalin."
He asked, "Is there a letter?"
The person said, "There is."
He asked again, "Where is the letter?"
The person immediately reached behind his back, pulled at his collar, produced the letter, and presented it to Huitang.
Huitang said, "Studying the Way must reach this person's stage before it is acceptable." Huang wore a look of shame.
Fayan asked Senior Monk Jue, "Did you come by boat or come by land?"
Jue said, "Came by boat."
Fayan said, "Where is the boat?"
Here, ninety-nine out of a hundred would display their dynamic and make a show. But he was a steady, plain, and calm person—how would he engage in battle with you? He said, "The boat is in the river."
The old teacher of Cizhou said, "Just like placing an eight-legged cauldron on sandy ground—there is not the slightest bit of instability."
After Jue withdrew, Fayan then asked a bystander monk, "Tell me, did that monk just now possess eyes or not possess eyes?"
Just this one question is exceedingly confusing. If you say he possessed eyes, what was extraordinary or mysterious about it? If you say he did not possess eyes, what flaw was seen? Let us test Tiantong to evaluate and decide it.