杀人刀活人剑 (殺人刀活人劍) shā rén dāo huó rén jiàn

shā rén dāo huó rén jiàn phrase a sword for killing and a life-giving sword
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School , Concept:
Notes: Quote: a phrase used in Chan literature, for example, in the No. 12 koan in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record”; the sword represents wisdom (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 76; FGDB '殺人刀活人劍'; T 2003, Scroll 2)