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Zhaozhou's Gates (BCR9)

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KOAN:

A student asked Zhaozhou, “What is Zhaozhou?”
Zhaozhou replied, “East Gate, West Gate, South Gate, North Gate.”

—Blue Cliff Record Case 9 (transl. by John Tarrant & Joan Sutherland)