景德傳燈錄 20.44

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洪州鳳棲山同安院威禪師。僧問。牛頭未見四祖時如何。師曰。路邊神廟子見者盡擎拳。曰見後如何。師曰。室內無靈床渾家不著孝。問祖意教意如何。師曰。玉兔不曾知曉意。金烏爭肯夜頭明。問如何是同安一曲。師曰。靈琴不引人間韻。知音豈度伯牙門。曰誰人知得。師曰。木馬嘶時從彼聽。石人拊掌阿誰聞。曰知音如何。師曰。知音不度耳達者豈同聞。

Chan Master Wei of Tong'an Cloister on Mount Fengqi in Hongzhou. A monk asked, "How was it before Niutou met the Fourth Patriarch?"
The Master said, "At the roadside spirit shrine, all who see it raise their fists."
[The monk] asked, "How was it after he met him?"
The Master said, "Inside the room there is no altar for the spirit; the whole household does not wear mourning."
[A monk] asked, "What are the Patriarch's meaning and the teachings' meaning?"
The Master said, "The Jade Hare has never known the meaning of dawn; / How could the Golden Crow be willing to shine in the night?"
[A monk] asked, "What is the single melody of Tong'an?"
The Master said, "The numinous zither does not draw upon human tunes; / How could one who understands music pass through Boya's gate?"
[The monk] said, "Who can know it?"
The Master said, "When the wooden horse neighs, listen from there; / When the stone man claps his hands, who hears it?"
[The monk] said, "How about one who understands music?"
The Master said, "One who understands music does not pass through the ears; how could those who have reached it hear alike?"