景德傳燈錄 8.32

8.32

忻州打地和尚。自江西領旨。自晦其名。凡學者致問。惟以棒打地而示之。時謂之打地和尚。一日被僧藏却棒然後問。師但張其口。僧問門人曰。只如和尚每有人問。便打地。意旨如何。門人即於竈底取柴一片擲在釜中。

Upādhyāya Dadi of Xinzhou: Having grasped the import from Jiangxi, he concealed his name. Whenever students put questions to him, he would only strike the ground with his staff to instruct them. At the time, people called him Upādhyāya Dadi ('Ground-Striking Master'). One day a monk hid his staff and then asked a question. The master merely opened his mouth. A monk asked his disciple, "Whenever anyone asks a question, the Master strikes the ground. What is the meaning?" The disciple immediately took a piece of firewood from under the hearth and threw it into the cauldron.