Case 16: Jingqing Pecks the Egg

"Jingqing said, 'You too are in the weeds.'" © Dave Needham, 2019 — *“Jingqing said, ‘You too are in the weeds.'”*
© Dave Needham, 2019

Title in Sullivan (2021): Jingqing Pecks the Egg
Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Ching Ch’ing’s Man in the Weeds
Title in Sekida (2005): Kyōsei’s Instruction on Pecking and Tapping
Named characters (in Pinyin):
- Jingqing Daofu (868-937)
Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
- Ching Ch’ing.
Named characters (in Japanese):
- Kyōsei.
Other koan collections:
- Seonmun yeomsong seolhwa, Case #1122.
Historical commentaries:
- Hakuin Ekaku and Tenkei Denson (contained in Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record, Thomas Clearly, 2002)
Modern commentaries:
- Matthew Juksan Sullivan (contained in The Garden of Flowers and Weeds, 2021)
- Gyomay Kubose (contained in Zen Koans, page 197, 1973)
- Stefano Mui Barragato (dharma talk)
- Jay Rinsen Weik (audio dharma talk)
- Kritee (audio dharma talk)
- Kurt Spellmeyer (audio dharma talk 1 and 2)
- Shikai Zuiko (Zen box)
- Yamada Kôun (dharma talk with paywall)
Scholarly commentaries:
- Kusumoto Bunyū (contained in Zengo Nyūmon, Zengo 43, 1982)