萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 1.130

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Case: On the road to Mount Tai there was an old woman. (A villager beside the town; a hare caught between roads.) / Whenever a monk asked, 'Which way is the road to Mount Tai?' (A lifetime of wandering, yet not knowing where he is going.) / the old woman would say, 'Go straight ahead.' (Not bearing good intentions.) / As soon as the monk walked on, (He does not even know he has been robbed.) / the woman would say, 'A fine master, off he goes like that too!' (You are outsmarted already.) / A monk raised this to Zhaozhou. (When a person is fair, he does not speak.) / Zhou said, 'Wait, I will go and check her out for you.' (When water is level, it does not flow.) / Zhou also asked as before. (A trap to catch a tiger.) / Coming to the hall the next day, he said, 'I have checked out the old woman for you.' (I'll outsmart you even further.)