景德傳燈錄 10.70

10.70

五臺山祕魔巖和尚常持一木叉。每見僧來禮拜。即叉却頸云。那箇魔魅教汝出家。那箇魔魅教汝行脚。道得也叉下死。道不得也叉下死。速道。學僧鮮有對者（法眼代云乞命。法燈代云。但引頸示之。玄覺代云。老兒家放却叉子得也）。

Upādhyāya Mimoyan of Mount Wutai always held a wooden fork. Whenever he saw a monk come to bow, he would fork him by the neck and say, “Which demon or spirit taught you to leave home? Which demon or spirit taught you to go on pilgrimage? Speak, and you die under the fork! Cannot speak, and you die under the fork! Speak quickly!” Few student monks could reply. (Fayan spoke in place: “Begging for my life!” Fadeng spoke in place: [He] simply stretches out his neck and shows it to him. Xuanjue spoke in place: “Old fellow, you may put down the fork.”)