廣弘明集 8.68

8.68

Or they endure suffering under the delusion of crossing over calamity. (The Mud and Charcoal Retreat originated with Zhang Lu: rolling in the mud like donkeys, smearing yellow dirt on their faces, pulling their hair and hanging combs, kneading the clay until it was pliable. By the beginning of the Yixi reign, when kings and dukes entered the imperial court, beating was eliminated. Lu Xiujing of Wu still smeared his forehead with mud, merely binding his hands behind his back and hanging his head. Relying on this to cross over calamity—how could folly be greater than this?)