面前一丝 (面前一絲) miàn qián yī sī

miàn qián yī sī phrase the single thread before us
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School
Notes: Quote: a phrase used in Koan 94 of the 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record” (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 410; T 2003, scroll 10; FGDB '面前一絲')