七穿八穴 qī chuān bā xué
qī chuān bā xué
set phrase
seven holes and eight openings
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
, Subdomain: Chan School
Notes: Quote: a phrase used in the No. 6 Koan in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record”; a metaphor for being at ease (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 43; FGDB '七穿八穴'; T 2003, Scroll 1; FGDB '七穿八穴')