声前一句千圣不传 (聲前一句千聖不傳) shēng qián yī jù qiān shèng bù zhuàn

shēng qián yī jù qiān shèng bù zhuàn phrase before the sound of a single statement that the sages transmitted
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School , Concept:
Notes: Quote: a phrase mentioned in Chan literature, such as 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. 47; FGDB '聲前一句千聖不傳'; T 2003, Scroll 1)