Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 71 – Zen Master Goho “Shut Up!”

The Case

Zen master Hyakujo said to Goho, "With your mouth and lips dosed, how would you say it?" Goho said, "Master you should shut up!" Hyakujo said, "In the distant land where no one stirs, I shall shade my eyes with my hand and watch for you."

Verse

"Master! You should shut up!" Upon the dragon's line he plans his counterattack. Let's think of General Li, Who shot the eagle in the distant sky.