景德傳燈錄 17.36

17.36

Upādhyāya Yan of Shengshou in Luoyuan, Fuzhou. A monk returned from Quanzhou to visit. While mending his patched robe, the master held it up, showed it to him, and said, "This mountain monk spreads out a single patched robe for all to see. You waters and clouds, please give two lines; do not let the needle and thread show—speak quickly!" The monk had no reply. The master said, "For so much time over there, what have you been doing?"