Qixian Zhiqian 棲賢智遷

School: Yunmen | Teacher: Tianyi Yihuai

Northern Song Chan master of Qixian on Mt. Lu, a dharma heir of Tianyi Yihuai in the Yunmen school. Asked whether, beyond question-and-answer as mere gate-front teaching, there is anything further, he said 'there is' — 'clouds follow the dragon, wind follows the tiger'; when the monk pressed the image he cut him off: 'reciting other people's talk.'

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