Zen Master Ma Zu was a famous monk in Wutai Mountain in the Tang Dynasty. He liked to use the method of "making things difficult" to raise his apprentices and help them get enlightened.

Once, Zen Master Ma Zu moved a rattan chair and sat on the path at the back door of the monastery to read a book. Not long after, the apprentice little monk came back from the vegetable garden with a cart. Because the road was too narrow, Zen Master Ma Zu stretched his feet in the middle of the road again, and the little monk asked Master to retract his legs so that he could push the cart by himself. Unexpectedly, Zen Master Ma Zu said: "I have always only stretched and not stretched."

The little monk was stunned for a while, and said embarrassingly, "Master, you don't want to retract your feet. I won't be able to go back to the temple."

Zen Master Ma Zu didn't even lift his eyelids and said, "That's your business." The little monk thought about it and said, "Master, you are a person who can only stretch and not shrink, so I can't crush your feet, right? If we don't change it, I will sit on the chair and you will push the cart!"

Zen Master Ma Zu became interested after hearing this, and changed positions with his apprentice. I saw that the little monk also straightened his feet, but when Zen Master Ma Zu was pushing the cart to press him, the little monk retracted his feet. Master Ma Zu asked, "Why did you retract your feet?"

The little monk smiled and said, "Master, you can only stretch and not shrink, but I am a person who can bend and stretch, so I took my foot back."

The little monk pushed the car away, and Zen Master Ma Zu looked at his back and laughed. Many years later, Zen Master Ma Zu passed the mantle and mantle to this young monk, the later eminent monk, Zen Master Yinfeng of Mount Wutai.

Zen Master Ma Zu was a famous monk in Wutai Mountain in the Tang Dynasty. He liked to use the method of "making things difficult" to raise his apprentices and help them get enlightened.

Once, Zen Master Ma Zu moved a rattan chair and sat on the path at the back door of the monastery to read a book. Not long after, the apprentice little monk came back from the vegetable garden with a cart. Because the road was too narrow, Zen Master Ma Zu stretched his feet in the middle of the road again, and the little monk asked Master to retract his legs so that he could push the cart by himself. Unexpectedly, Zen Master Ma Zu said: "I have always only stretched and not stretched."

The little monk was stunned for a while, and said embarrassingly, "Master, you don't want to retract your feet. I won't be able to go back to the temple."

Zen Master Ma Zu didn't even lift his eyelids and said, "That's your business." The little monk thought about it and said, "Master, you are a person who can only stretch and not shrink, so I can't crush your feet, right? If we don't change it, I will sit on the chair and you will push the cart!"

Zen Master Ma Zu became interested after hearing this, and changed positions with his apprentice. I saw that the little monk also straightened his feet, but when Zen Master Ma Zu was pushing the cart to press him, the little monk retracted his feet. Master Ma Zu asked, "Why did you retract your feet?"

The little monk smiled and said, "Master, you can only stretch and not shrink, but I am a person who can bend and stretch, so I took my foot back."

The little monk pushed the car away, and Zen Master Ma Zu looked at his back and laughed. Many years later, Zen Master Ma Zu passed the mantle and mantle to this young monk, the later eminent monk, Zen Master Yinfeng of Mount Wutai.