与贼过梯 (與賊過梯) yǔ zéi guò tī

yǔ zéi guò tī phrase to give a thief a ladder
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan , Concept:
Notes: Quote: from koan 9 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. 59; T 2003, Scroll 1)