49The Fish That Broke the Net
Introduction 垂示
七穿八穴，攙鼓奪旗，百匝千重，瞻前顧後。踞虎頭，收虎尾，未是作家；牛頭沒，馬頭回，亦未為奇特。且道：過量底人來時如何？試舉看。
Punch holes everywhere, seize the drum and steal the flag, lay down a thousand layers of defense, watch the front while guarding the rear. Sit on the tiger's head and grab its tail, and you're still no master. Ox-head vanishes, horse-head turns back: still nothing special. So tell me, when someone who's off the charts walks in, what then? Here's a case to test you.
三聖問雪峯：「透網金鱗，未審以何為食？」峯云：「待汝出網來向汝道。」聖云：「一千五百人善知識，話頭也不識。」峯云：「老僧住持事繁。」
Sansheng asked Xuefeng, "The golden fish that broke through the net. What does it eat?"
Xuefeng said, "Break out of the net yourself, and I'll tell you."
Sansheng said, "Some teacher you are. Head of fifteen hundred monks, and you can't even follow a conversation."
Xuefeng said, "Running this monastery keeps me busy."