飞骑将军入虏庭 (飛騎將軍入虜庭) fēiqí jiāngjūn rù lǔ tíng

fēiqí jiāngjūn rù lǔ tíng set phrase the Commander of the Flying Cavalry enters the enemy camp
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School , Concept:
Notes: Quote: a phrase mentioned in the No. 4 Koan in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record”; a reference to a story about Han general 李廣 Li Guang, known as the 飛將軍 'Flying General,' who was taken captive by the Xiongnu and escaped after pretending to be dead (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 33; FGDB '飛騎將軍入虜庭'; T 2003, Scroll 1)