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溈山和尚。始在百丈會中。充典座。百丈將選大溈主人。乃請同首座。對眾下語。出格者可往。百丈遂拈淨瓶。置地上。設問云。不得喚作淨瓶。汝喚作甚麼。首座乃云。不可喚作木𣔻。也百丈却問於山。山乃趯倒淨瓶而去。百丈笑云。第一座輪却山子。也因命之為開山。

When Master Guishan was first in Baizhang's assembly, he served as the cook. Baizhang, wishing to choose a master for Mount Dagui, invited the head monk and [Guishan] to utter words before the assembly; whoever was extraordinary could go. Baizhang then picked up a pure pitcher, placed it on the ground, and posed the question: "You must not call it a pure pitcher. What do you call it?" The head monk then said, "It cannot be called a wooden stump." Baizhang then asked Guishan. Guishan promptly kicked over the pure pitcher and walked away. Baizhang laughed and said, "The head monk has lost Mount Dagui!" He thereupon appointed him as the founding abbot.