癡人犹戽夜塘水 (癡人猶戽夜塘水) chī rén yóu hù yè táng shuǐ

chī rén yóu hù yè táng shuǐ phrase ignorant people continue bailing the evening pond water
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan , Concept:
Notes: Quote: from koan 7 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. 51; T 2003, Scroll 1)