“当头棒喝”、“当头一棒”泛指警觉迷误。如《镜花缘》第八十四回：“这个笑话虽是斗趣，若教愚而好自用的听了，却是当头一棒，真可猛然唤醒。”禅门认为佛法不可思议，开口即错，用心即乖。为了打破学人的迷执，不少禅师或用棒，或用喝，或者“棒喝交驰”，作为一种特有的 “Overwhelming,” “over the top” refers to the alert error. Such as “Mirror Flower margin” eighty-fourth back: “Although this joke is a bucket of fun, if you teach yourself stupid and good to listen to, but it is overwhelming, really can suddenly awakened.” Zen Buddhism think unbelievable, the opening is wrong, intentions That is good. In order to break the confusion of scholars, many Zen masters use sticks, or drink, or drink sticks, as a peculiar