萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 5.66

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舉。僧問仰山。和尚還識字否（是甚麼字）山云。隨分（當仁不讓）僧乃右旋一匝云。是甚麼字（已見偏傍）山於地上書箇十字（更書畫點）僧左旋一匝云。是甚麼字（半滿俱分形聲轉注）山改十字作卍字（機輪轉處智眼猶迷）僧畫一圓相。以兩手托。如修羅掌日月勢云。是甚麼字（細看切脚）山乃畫圓相。圍却卍字（天下衲僧跳不出）僧乃作樓至勢（門外金剛笑汝）山云。如是如是。汝善護持（關空鎖夢牢收掌）。

Case: A monk asked Yangshan, 'Does the Venerable still recognize characters?' (What character is it?) Yangshan said, 'According to capacity.' (When facing benevolence, do not yield.) The monk then circled once to the right and said, 'What character is this?' (The radical has already appeared.) Yangshan wrote the character 'ten' [十] on the ground. (Writing further strokes and dots.) The monk circled once to the left and said, 'What character is this?' (Half and full are both distinguished; form and sound, derivative and phonetic loan.) Yangshan changed the character 'ten' to a svastika [卍]. (Where the wheel of the dynamic turns, the eye of wisdom is still deluded.) The monk drew a circle and held it up with both hands, in the posture of an asura holding the sun and moon, saying, 'What character is this?' (Look closely at the reverse spelling.) Yangshan then drew a circle, enclosing the svastika. (Patch-robed monks of the world cannot leap out.) The monk then made the posture of Rucika. (The Vajrapāṇi outside the gate laughs at you.) Yangshan said, 'So it is, so it is. Preserve it well.' (Shutting empty space and locking dreams, tightly take hold of it.)