谤他古人 (謗他古人) bàng tā gǔ rén
          
              bàng tā gǔ rén 
              
              phrase 
              slander people of the past 
              Domain: Buddhism 佛教
              
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                Notes: Quote: from koan 5 of 碧巖錄 “Blue Cliff Record” (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 37; T 2003, Scroll 1)