Snowy Cliff

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I sit on a snowy cliff and write verses for old cases. The cases are old; the snow is new. The two are arranged so that you cannot read one without seeing the other.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Xuedou Chongxian

Lineage: Yunmen

By Xuedou Chongxian

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Sources

• contentThe Blue Cliff Record — R.D.M. Shaw translation, 1961

  R.D.M. Shaw (trans.)