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Baling’s Blown-Hair Sword (MK74c)(BCR100)

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KOAN:

What is the blown-hair sword?
Each branch of coral holds up the moon.

—PZI Miscellaneous Koans Case 74c & Blue Cliff Record Case 100 (PZI version)

Note: Third of Baling Haojian’s Three Barriers, PZI MK Case 74

See also: Baling’s Coral Moon, transl. by John Tarrant & Joan Sutherland)

Misc December 17, 2017

Coral Moon

Allison Atwill

Koans
Baling Haojian’s Three Barriers (MK74)(BCR13)(BCR100), Baling’s Blown-Hair Sword (MK74c)(BCR100)
Tags
2013, Miscellaneous Koan, paintings
Category
Misc

Allison Atwill, “Coral Moon,” 2013. Acrylic on birch panel with silver leaf, 30″ x 40″.