禪林寶訓 4.47

4.47

After Huo'an assumed the abbacy, literati and commoners gathered and turned to him in harmony. When the patch-robed monks reported this to Huqiu, Xiatang said, 'That mountain barbarian, obstinate fellow, is putting forth blind Chan to cure that pack of wild fox spirits of yours!' Huo'an heard of this and answered with a verse, saying: / 'A mountain barbarian, obstinate fellow, is truly hateful; / Leading the assembly and directing disciples, it is as if I never have. / Transgressing standards, I hold the broomstick upside down; / With blind Chan I cure wild fox monks.' / Xiatang merely laughed." (Hear-say)