Dahui Zonggao [W-G: Ta-hui Tsung-kao / J: Dai-e Soko]

Dahui Zonggao held up his staff and demanded: “If you call this a staff, you affirm; if you don’t call it a staff, you negate. Beyond affirmation and negation, what are you going to call it? Say something!”

Zen Masters of China: 296-98

The Story of Zen: 159, 161-63