萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 2.54

2.54

Case: One day Yanguan called to his attendant, 'Bring me the rhinoceros fan!' (After all, he cannot do without it.) The attendant said, 'The fan is broken.' (Before it was raised, it was complete.) Yanguan said, 'Since the fan is broken, return the rhinoceros to me!' (Have you not heard him say it is broken? Why not take in his words?) The attendant had no reply. (The fan is still here; though it exists, it is as if nonexistent.) Zifu drew a circle, and inside it wrote the character 'ox'. (Deftly bringing out a novel design, able to make it and able to sell it.)