景德傳燈錄 14.19

14.19

Upādhyāya Dachuan of Tanzhou (also named Hu).
A monk from Jiangling newly arrived, and after making prostrations, stood to one side.
The Master said, “When did you depart Jiangling?”
The monk lifted up his sitting mat.
The Master said, “Thank you for coming from afar. Go down.”
The monk straightaway went out.
The Master said, “If it were not like this, how would I know that my own eye is precise?”
The monk clapped his hands and said, “Distressing! I almost misjudged the venerable elders of various regions!”
The Master approved of him. (A monk brought this up to Danxia. Xia said, “In Dachuan’s Dharma practice it works, but here with me it is not so.” The monk said, “I do not know what it is like here.” Xia said, “Still three steps behind Dachuan.” The monk made prostrations. Xia said, “Those who misjudge various regions are very many.” When Dongshan heard of this, he said, “Were it not for Danxia, it would be difficult to distinguish jade from stone.”)