贼识贼 (賊識賊) zéi shí zéi
          
              zéi shí zéi 
              
              phrase 
              one thief recognizes another 
              Domain: Buddhism 佛教
              
                , Subdomain: Chan 
              
              
              
              
                Notes: Quote: from koan 8 of 碧巖錄 “Blue Cliff Record” (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 53; T 2003, Scroll 1)
              
               
          
          
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- Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
 - Scroll 3 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
 - Scroll 5 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
 - Scroll 1 Wumen's Gate 無門關 — count: 1 , has English translation
 - Scroll 8 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
 - Scroll 19 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 1
 - Scroll 4 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation