The master saluted him and motioned him to sit down. The monk hestitated. The Master hit him.
Seeing another monk coming, the Master raised his whisk.
The monk bowed low. The Master hit him.
Seeing still another monk coming, the Master again raised his whisk. The monk paid no attention. The Master hit him too.19
He was also challenged by a nun, one of the few recorded
instances of a master actually matching wits with a woman who had taken Ch'an orders.
The Master asked a nun: "Well-come or ill-come?"
The nun shouted.
"Go on, go on, speak!" cried the Master, taking up his stick.