萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 4.47

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示眾云。曲說易會。一手分付。直說難會。十字打開。勸君不用分明語。語得分明出轉難。不信試舉。看。

The assembly was instructed: "Indirect talk is easy to understand: handed over with a single hand. Direct talk is hard to understand: opened wide across the crossroads. 'I advise you not to use clear words; / when spoken clearly, escaping is all the more difficult.' If you do not believe it, test it by raising [this case]. Look!"