When You Meet a Swordsman

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When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword. Do not offer a poem to someone who is not a poet.

license: public_domain

Attribution

• Attributed To
  Linji Yixuan

Lineage: Linji

By Linji Yixuan

• The True Person of No Ranksermon
• Linji's Four Shoutssermon
• Linji's Three Blows from Huangbodialogue
• If You Meet the Buddha, Kill the Buddhasaying
• Be the Master Wherever You Aresaying

From Record of Linji

• The True Person of No Rank
• Linji's Four Shouts
• Linji's Three Blows from Huangbo
• If You Meet the Buddha, Kill the Buddha
• The True Person of No Rank
• Kill the Buddha, Kill the Patriarchs
• Followers of the Way

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Record of Linji

  Record of Linji: When You Meet a Swordsman