铁橛子 (鐵橛子) tiě juézi

tiě juézi set phrase an iron stake
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School , Concept:
Notes: Quote: a metaphor for no way to move or no room for discussion; for example, mentioned in the No. 6 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. 42; Ding '鐵橛子'; FGDB '鐵橛子'; T 2003, Scroll 1)