Recorded Sayings of Chan Master Chong of Pofeng, Dongshan (東山破峰重禪師語錄)
三頓棒
Three Strikes of the Staff
三頓棒頭為小孩，破家鉤賊甚奇哉，家財耗散猶還可，過後誰知要活埋。
Three blows of the staff for a child's sake,
A thief who breaks the home—how strange a feat!
The family wealth may scatter and be lost,
But afterward, who knows they'd bury him alive?