續傳燈錄 30.32

30.32

樞密吳居厚居士。擁節歸鍾陵謁圓通旻禪師曰。某頃赴省試過此。過趙州關因問前住訥老透關底事如何。訥曰。且去做官。今不覺五十餘年。旻曰。曾明得透關底事麼。公曰。八次經過常存此念。然未甚脫灑在。旻度扇與之曰。請使扇。公即揮扇。旻曰。有甚不脫灑處。公忽有省曰。便請末後句。旻乃揮扇兩下。公曰。親切親切旻曰。吉獠舌頭三千里。

The Bureau of Military Affairs Director, Upāsaka Wu Juhou, holding his emblems of office, returned to Zhongling and visited Chan Master Yuantong Min, saying, "A while ago, when I passed here on my way to the provincial examination, I passed through Zhaozhou's checkpoint and asked the former abbot, Old Man Ne, about the matter of penetrating the checkpoint. Ne said, 'Just go on and serve as an official.' Now, unknowingly, more than fifty years have passed." Min said, "Have you ever clarified the matter of penetrating the checkpoint?" The gentleman said, "Passing through eight times, I have constantly kept this thought in mind, yet I am still not completely free and untrammeled." Min handed him a fan and said, "Please use the fan." The gentleman waved the fan. Min said, "Where is it not free and untrammeled?" The gentleman suddenly had an awakening and said, "I ask for the final phrase." Min then waved the fan twice. The gentleman said, "Intimate! Intimate!" Min said, "The tongue of an auspicious barbarian stretches three thousand leagues."