萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.49

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Case: Yunmen asked Qianfeng, 'I ask the Master to answer my question.' (Empty-headed, having no crown.) Qianfeng said, 'Has it reached the old monk yet?' (He has already answered you!) Yunmen said, 'In that case, I am late.' (Yielding has surplus.) Qianfeng said, 'Is it so, is it so?' (Be sure not to understand it this way!) Yunmen said, 'I had thought of Hou Bai, but there is still Hou Hei!' (In the hands of an adept there is no adept.)