Tozan went to Ummon. Ummon asked him where he had come from.
Tozan said: “From Sato village.”
Ummon asked: “In what temple did you remain for the summer?”
Tozan replied: “The temple of Hoji, south of the lake.”
“When did you leave there?” asked Ummon, wondering how long Tozan would continue with such factual answers.
“The twenty-fifth of August,” answered Tozan.
Ummon said: “I should give you three blows with a stick, but today I forgive you.”
The next day Tozan bowed to Ummon and asked: “Yesterday you forgave me three blows. I do not know why you thought me wrong.”
Ummon, rebuking Tozan’s spiritless responses, said: “You are good for nothing. You simply wander from one monastery to another.”
Before Ummon’s words were ended Tozan was enlightened.