Zen Koan – Hekiganroku – No. 72 – Zen Master Ungan “Do You Have Them or Not?”

The Case

Zen master Hyakujo asked Ungan, "With your mouth and lips closed, how would you say it?" Ungan said, "Master, do you have them or not?" Hyakujo said, "My successors will be missing."

Verse

"Master! Do you have them or not. The golden-haired lion does not crouch. In twos and threes, they go the old way. The master of Mount Taiyu snaps his fingers in vain.