舉雪峰云。飯羅邊坐地。餓死人無數。(秖是不肯動手)海水邊坐地。渴殺人無數。(秖是不肯動口)玄沙云。飯羅裏坐。餓死人無數。(秖是手不肯擡)海水沒頭。渴殺人無數。(祇是口不肯開)雲門云。通身是飯。通身是水。(口便是飯。口便是水。開口也是。合口也是。手便是飯。手便是水。翻手也是。覆手也是)天童拈云。我即不然。(已較雲門半月程)飯羅裏坐脹殺人無數。(不由我不食)海水沒頭浸殺人無數。(不由我不飲)以前傷乎不吞。(是他不曾飢)以後失乎不吐。(是他不曾飽)祇如雲門道。通身是飯。通身是水。到這裏無你吞吐處(不妨省力)。

Xuefeng said:

“Sitting right next to a basket of food, countless people starve to death.” (They just refuse to use their hands.) “Sitting right by the ocean, countless people die of thirst.” (They just refuse to open their mouths.)

Xuansha said: “Sitting inside a basket of food, countless people starve to death.” (They just won’t lift their hands.) “Drowning in the ocean, countless people die of thirst.” (They just won’t open their mouths.)

Yunmen said: “Your whole body is food. Your whole body is water.” (The mouth is food. The mouth is water. Both opening and closing the mouth are it. The hand is food. The hand is water. Both turning the hand over and turning it back are it.)

Tiantong added: “I don’t see it that way.” (I’m already half a month behind Yunmen.) “Sitting inside a basket of food, countless people are stuffed to death.” (It’s not that I don’t want to eat.) “Drowning in the ocean, countless people die from too much water.” (It’s not that I don’t want to drink.) “The earlier problem was not swallowing.” (They weren’t really hungry.) “The later problem was not spitting.” (They weren’t really full.) “As for what Yunmen said—‘Your whole body is food, your whole body is water’—at this point, there’s no place for you to swallow or spit.” (That’s the real relief.)

師云。雪峯有玄沙雲門。豈止家有爭子。直得證父攘羊。臨機不讓。雪峰一日開爐示眾云。三世諸佛向火𦦨裏轉大法輪。雲門別云。火𦦨與三世諸佛說法。三世諸佛立地聽。可謂見過於師。方堪傳授。玄沙點云。近日官中令嚴。峰云。作麼生。沙云。不許人攙行奪市。峰乃吐舌。可謂識法者恐。恰與這公案相似。一人箭中紅心。一人劈筈奪窩。一人續放連珠。一人側身囓鏃。雪峰道。盡大地是箇解脫門。把手拽不入。雲居便道。盡大地是箇塵勞門。把手拽不出。若塵勞即解脫。何消拽出拽入。天童道。到這裏無你吞吐處。萬松道。通身一句作麼生道。他還有口麼。

The Master said, "Xuefeng had Xuan Sha and Yun Men. This wasn’t just a family with quarrelsome children—it was like a father stealing a sheep and having his own son testify against him. In crucial moments, they did not yield.

One day, Xuefeng opened the furnace and addressed the assembly: 'The Buddhas of the three times turn the great Dharma wheel within the flames of the fire.'

Yun Men responded differently: 'The flames teach the Dharma to the Buddhas of the three times, and the Buddhas of the three times stand and listen.'

This can be called 'the student surpassing the teacher, only then worthy of transmission.'

Xuan Sha commented: 'Recently, the government regulations are strict.'

Xuefeng asked, 'What do you mean?'

Xuan Sha said, 'No one is allowed to push others aside and seize their market.'

Xuefeng then stuck out his tongue. This is called 'those who know the Dharma fear the law.'

This is exactly like the present case. One person shoots an arrow directly into the bullseye. Another knocks the notch and seizes the nest. Another lets loose a chain of arrows. Another twists sideways and bites the arrowhead.

Xuefeng said, 'The entire great earth is one gate of liberation—even if you grab someone by the hand, you cannot pull them in.'

Yun Ju then said, 'The entire great earth is one gate of affliction—even if you grab someone by the hand, you cannot pull them out.'

If affliction is exactly liberation, why bother pulling in or pulling out?

Tiantong said, 'Arriving here, there is no place for you to inhale or exhale.'

Wansong says, 'With a single phrase that permeates your whole being, how would you say it? Does he still have a mouth?'"