景德傳燈錄 23.27

23.27

Chan Master Yuanguang of Yaoshan in Lizhou. A monk asked, 'The lamp continues on the crags of Yao; which in line is the master?' The master said, 'Whenever they meet, they all say they will leave office; yet when have we seen a single man among the trees?' He asked, 'Does the master also receive one who walks neither water nor land?' The master said, 'Suru suru.' The master asked a newly arrived monk, 'Did you come from the south or the north?' He said, 'I came from the north.' The master said, 'Without falling into words and explanations, speak quickly!' He said, 'I am a man of the Dao from Fujian, and understand the dialect of my home district.' The master said, 'Go join the assembly.' He said, 'Indeed.' The master said, 'You jump about!' and then struck him. He asked, 'What is the meaning of the ancestral master's coming from the west?' The master said, 'What did you say?'