萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 2.48

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Case: Xuefeng instructed the assembly, saying, 'On Southern Mountain there is a blunt-nosed snake; all of you people must watch it closely!' (Holding up his sitting cloth, he says, 'This was not borrowed.') Changqing said, 'Today in the hall many people have lost their bodies and lives.' (Hearing the wind, he takes flight.) A monk recounted this to Xuansha. (It cannot exceed three layers.) Xuansha said, 'It takes my brother Leng to manage this.' (A gang of foxes and dogs.) 'Even so, with me it is not so.' (There is another long one; please bring it out.) The monk said, 'How is it with the Venerable?' (Scratching an itch on the poisonous insect's head.) Xuansha said, 'What use is Southern Mountain?' (Even this blunt-nosed one is beyond bounds.) Yunmen threw his staff down in front of Xuefeng and made a posture of fright. (Why injure your own life?)