Xitang Zhizang
Jap., Seido Chizo
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| born: 735 died: 814 79 years place: China |
| Chan master: Mazu (J. Baso) Chan disciples: 5 recorded as masters |
| stories: Osho Ma Tzu: The Empty Mirror, ch. 5, ch. 8 |
aka: Hsi-t'ang Chih-tsang (old W.G.)
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| On a later occasion, another monk said to Ma Tzu, "Please transcend the four sayings and refrain from the hundred negations, and tell me the meaning of Bodhidharma's coming from the West." Ma Tzu said, "Today I'm tired and I can't tell you. Go and ask Chizo." The monk went and asked Chizo, who said, "Why don't you ask the master?" "He told me to come and ask you," said the monk. "I've got an awful headache today," said Chizo, "so I can't tell you; go and ask Hyakujo." The monk then went to Hyakujo, who said, "Well, as to that, I myself really don't know." The monk reported all this to Ma Tzu, who said, "Hyakujo's cap is black; Chizo's cap is white." The white cap and the black cap refer to an old story of two robbers. One of the robbers wore a white cap, while the other wore a black cap. As the story goes, the one with the black cap was more ruthless and radical than the one with the white. So it was that Hyakujo was said to be more radical than Chizo in his methods of dealing with young monks... --Osho Ma Tzu: The Empty Mirror, ch. 5 |
Chinese simplified: 西堂智藏