景德傳燈錄 8.25

8.25

Upādhyāya Ruyuan of Shaozhou went up to the hall and said: "The precise meaning of [Bodhidharma's] coming from the West is undeniably difficult to speak of. If anyone in the great assembly can speak of it, let him come forward and try to speak of it!" A monk came forward, and no sooner had he bowed than the master struck him, saying, "What sort of time is this to stick your head out?" (Later someone cited this to Changqing. Changqing said, "No harm, no harm." Zifu said in his place, "For the sake of the Master, he did not spare his life.") Seeing Yangshan chanting sūtras while he was still a novice, the master scolded him, saying, "This novice! Your chanting sounds just like weeping!" Yangshan said, "Huiji's chanting sounds like weeping; I wonder what the Master's is like?" The master merely stared at him.