| 单词 |
koan |
| 释义 |
‖ koan|ˈkəʊɑːn|
[Jap., f. kō public + an matter, material for thought.]
In Zen Buddhism, a paradox put to a student to stimulate his mind.
1946R. Benedict Chrysanthemum & Sword (1947) xi. 246 The significance of the koan does not lie in the truths these seekers after truth discover. 1957Time 4 Feb. 66/2 A less physical shock technique is the koan, a problem designed to shock the mind beyond mere thinking. 1958A. Huxley Let. 11 Jan. (1969) 844 They might act as Zen koans and cause sudden openings into hitherto unglimpsed regions. 1960Koestler Lotus & Robot ii. x. 236 The koan—the logically insoluble riddle which the pupil must try to solve. Ibid. 237 There are said to exist some one thousand seven hundred koans, divided into various categories... The oldest-known koans are the ‘Three Barriers of Hung-Lun’, an eleventh-century Zen master. 1972Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Jan. 85/1 What he comes up with—his runes and enigmas and impromptu koans—builds gradually into a supplementry creation. |
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