續傳燈錄 30.78

30.78

Nan the Building Supervisor of Jianmen was a man of honest and sincere character. From a single word at Dasui that accorded with his mind, he served diligently without fatigue. He returned to visit Chan Master Chonghua Yun. While sitting together, Yun questioned him with the three seals of the lineage school. Nan said: "The seal in space, the seal in mud, the seal in water; / On level ground, cold billows vie in rising. / Even if one's actions are entirely appropriate, / It is still the divine turtle dragging its tail."