Zen koan of the day - Golden fish who has passed through the net

Golden fish who has passed through the net

San Sheng asked Hsueh Feng, "I wonder, what does the golden fish who has passed through the net use for food?"

Feng said, "When you come out of the net I'll tell you."

Sheng said, "The teacher of fifteen-hundred people and you don't even know what to say!"

Feng said, "My affairs as abbot are many and complicated."

dcj commentary: Looking before leaping.