拄杖子化为龙 (拄杖子化為龍) zhǔzhàngzi huà wèi lóng

zhǔzhàngzi huà wèi lóng phrase a walking staff turns into a dragon
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan , Concept:
Notes: Quote: from Koan 60 in 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. 280; T 2003, Scroll 6)