扶篱摸壁 (扶籬摸壁) fú lí mō bì

fú lí mō bì phrase leaning against a fence, groping along a wall
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School , Concept:
Notes: Quote: a metaphor for searching for something in one's mind, mentioned in the No. 7 Koan in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record” (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 50; FGDB '扶籬摸壁'; T 2003, Scroll 1)