The Snow that Falls from the Sky Turns Red;
He Presents It to the Patriarch

天降红血　呈示祖师

He cut off his arm. What happened then? Well, blood gushed out of the wound, dyeing the snow red. A lot of blood flowed and he mixed the blood with the snow, dyeing the originally white snow red. Dharma Master Shen Guang took something, perhaps a bamboo basket, scooped up a basketful of red snow, and said, "Patriarch, please take a look: now the snow is red."

砍断了，你说怎么样？那个血就如涌泉般地出来，一窜，把雪都染红了，啊！淌了很多血。他把血和到雪里，雪虽然是白的，经过血一染，就变成红的；于是神光法师就拿个东西──中国人扫地装尘土的畚箕──把这雪撮了一畚箕，红血、白雪这么一搅和，都变成红雪，说：“请祖师爷您看一看，现在这是红色的雪。