Wild fox koan

The wild fox kōan, also known as "Pai-chang 's fox" and "Hyakujō and a Fox", is an influential kōan story in the Zen tradition dating back as early as 1036, when it appeared in the Chinese biographical history T'ien-sheng kuang-teng lu. It was also in The Gateless Gate lang-ja Mumonkan (無門関), a 13th-century collection of 48 kōans compiled by the Chinese monk Wumen, as case 2.

Wild fox koan

The wild fox kōan, also known as "Pai-chang 's fox" and "Hyakujō and a Fox", is an influential kōan story in the Zen tradition dating back as early as 1036, when it appeared in the Chinese biographical history T'ien-sheng kuang-teng lu. It was also in The Gateless Gate lang-ja Mumonkan (無門関), a 13th-century collection of 48 kōans compiled by the Chinese monk Wumen, as case 2.