Once when Pao Fu and Ch’ang Ch’ing were wandering in the mountains, Pao Fu pointed with his hand and said, ”Right here is the summit of Mystic Peak. Ch’ang Ch’ing said, ” Indeed it is. What a pity” Hsueh Tou added a word saying, ”Today what is the purpose of traveling in the mountains with these fellows?” He also said, ”Hundreds of thousands of years hence, I don’t say there are none, just that they will be few” Later this (dialogue between Pao Fu and Ch’ang Ch’ing) was quoted to Ch’ang Ch’ing. Ch’ang Ch’ing said, ”If it hadn’t been for Mr. Sun (Pao Fu), then you would have seen skulls covering the fields.”

– The Blue Cliff Record | Twenty Third Case

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