落草 luòcǎo

luòcǎo set phrase to fall into the weeds
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School
Notes: Quote: a phrase used in Chan literature, for example, in the No. 16 koan in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record”; refers to lowering one's status (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 94; FGDB '落草'; T 2003, Scroll 2)

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 4 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 10 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 3 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 3 , has English translation
  • Scroll 13 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 3
  • Scroll 2 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 3 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Ru Jing 如淨和尚語錄 — count: 3
  • Scroll 6 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 3 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Yangshan Huiji of Yuanzhou 袁州仰山慧寂禪師語錄 — count: 2
  • Scroll 1 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 — count: 2

Collocations

  • 落草汉 (落草漢) 落草漢有什麼用處 — The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄, Scroll 3 — count: 3
  • 慈悲落草 (慈悲落草) 慈悲落草 — Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄, Scroll 13 — count: 2