“杀人不眨眼”这句话是怎么来的？

北宋初年，有一位将军名叫曹翰。一次他带领军队路经庐山圆通寺时，曾进入寺庙。当时圆通寺中一个法名叫缘德的老僧打坐不动，没有站起来向曹翰作揖行礼。
曹翰见此大怒骂道：“老和尚，你难道没有听说过有杀人不眨眼的将军吗？”

缘德和尚对曹翰的威胁熟视无睹，他不以为然地说道：“你难道不知道世上有不惧生死的和尚吗？”

曹翰听他如此回答，立刻对老和尚肃然起敬。

“杀人不眨眼”这个典故就是从曹翰与缘德和尚的这段对话中来，后来多用来形容恶人、杀人者的残酷、凶狠。从这段话中，我们还能看到：当杀人不眨眼的曹翰面对不惧生死的缘德和尚时，最后也凶不起来，转而恭敬了。一个修炼人真能不惧生死时，就是这样的令人佩服啊！

Where did the phrase "kills without blinking an eye" come from?

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a military general named Cao Han. While leading his army past the Yuantong Template one day, General Cao decided to enter the temple and rest. Upon stepping in, he saw an old monk named Yuande sitting in meditation who did not even look up. After staring at the monk for a few minutes, General Cao still did not see the monk stand up and bow to him. This made him very angry. He said to Yuande, "Hey, old monk, have you ever heard of a general who kills without blinking an eye?"

Without lifting his eyes, the monk calmly said, "Have you ever heard of a monk who is not afraid of death?" Upon hearing that, General Cao immediately felt a deep respect for the old monk.

"Kills without blinking an eye" is an allusion derived from the dialogue between General Cao and monk Yuande. Later, this phrase was used more widely to describe the evilness of villains and murderers. From this passage, we can see that having the courage to put matters of life and death away when encountering ferocious coercion will not only help cease brutality, but also gain genuine respect from others.