法智遺編觀心二百問 1.18

1.18

問：今既牽率而答，何得言心性處，不言直顯？言直顯處不言心性，豈非四字全書恐義乖返耶？

Question: Now, having answered in such a forced manner, why is it that where you speak of 'mind-nature', you do not speak of 'directly revealing', and where you speak of 'directly revealing', you do not speak of 'mind-nature'? Is it not because writing all four characters together would contradict your position?