As Myocho stood tall when he first met with Emperor Hanazono, the Emperor said 'A Buddhist priest is strange because you stand tall even when meeting with the emperor,' but Myocho immediately responded 'The emperor is strange because you stand tall even when meeting with a Buddhist priest.'
妙超が花園天皇と初めて対座したとき、あまりに妙超が堂々としているので、天皇が「仏法不思議、王法と対坐す」というと、妙超はすかさず「王法不思議、仏法と対坐す」とやりかえした。