景德傳燈錄 23.22

23.22

西川青城大面山乘和尚。僧問。如何是相輪峯。師曰。直聳煙嵐際。曰向上事如何。師曰。入地三尺五。問如何是佛法大意。師曰。興義門前鼕鼕鼓。曰學人不會。師曰。朝打三千暮打八百。

Upādhyāya Cheng of Mount Damian in Qingcheng, Xichuan. A monk asked, “What is Xianglun Peak?”
The master said, “Soaring straight into the misty vapor.”
[The monk] said, “What about the transcendental matter?”
The master said, “Entering the earth three feet five inches.”
[A monk] asked, “What is the great meaning of the Buddhadharma?”
The master said, “The thumping drum in front of the Xingyi Gate.”
[The monk] said, “The student does not understand.”
The master said, “Three thousand beats in the morning, eight hundred in the evening.”