"After you leave here, it will be very hard for us to see each other again," said Master Yun-yen.
"It will be very hard for us not to see each other again," answered [Tung-shan]. . . . Then Yun-yen said to him, "You must be very careful, as you are carrying this great thing."
[Tung-shan] was puzzled. Later when he was crossing the water and saw his image reflected, he suddenly understood the teaching of Yun-yen.7
By the year 860 Tung-shan had a monastery of his own and was besieged by disciples. He subsequently moved to Tung-shan (Mt. Tung) in what is today Kiangsi province, the locale that provided his historic name. His respect for Yun-yen's enigmatic wisdom was explained years later.
One day, when the Master was conducting the annual memorial service for Master Yun-yen, a monk asked him:
"What instruction did you receive from the late Master Yun-yen?"
"Although I was there with him, he gave me no instruction," answered the Master.
"Then why should you conduct the memorial service for him, if he did not instruct you?" persisted the monk. . . .
"It is neither for his moral character nor his teaching of Dharma that I respect him. What I consider important is that he never told me anything openly."8