As the Layman and Sung-shan Ho-shang were drinking tea together, the Layman held up the stand of his teacup and said: “Everyone without exception is endowed with it: why can no one speak?”
“Just because everyone without exception is endowed with it, no one can speak,” returned Sung-shan.
“How is it, my elder brother, that you can speak?” asked the Layman.
“I can’t help but speak,” replied Sung-shan.
“Obviously, obviously,” returned the Layman.
Sung-shan then drank some tea.
“Elder brother, you’re drinking tea. Why don’t you bow to the guest?”
“To whom?” querried Sung-shan.
“To me, P’ang,” replied the Layman.
“Why must I bow again?” said Sung-shan.
Later when Tan-hsia heard of this he remarked, “Had it been anyone but Sung-shan, he would have been completely taken in by that old gent.”
The Layman heard of this, and at once had a man take a message to Tan-hsia saying: “Why not catch on before I held up the stand of my teacup!”
Submitted September 02, 2019 at 07:09AM by UhExist https://ift.tt/2ZKdfb4
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