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宏智禪師。初侍丹霞淳。因與僧徵詰公案。不覺大咲。淳責曰。汝咲這一聲。失了多少好事。不見道暫時不在。如同死人。智再拜伏膺。後雖在闇室。未嘗敢忽。

When Chan Master Hongzhi first served Danxia Chun, he happened to be questioning another monk on a gongan and unintentionally burst into loud laughter. Chun reproached him, saying: 'With that single burst of laughter, how many good things have you lost? Have you not heard it said: "To be absent for even a moment is no different from being a dead person"?' Hongzhi bowed twice and took it deeply to heart. Thereafter, even in a dark room, he never dared to be heedless.