四明尊者教行錄 5.136

5.136

Words are the voice of the mind; characters are the drawing of the mind. Coming this time to Yanqing, I had the opportunity to bow before and view the authentic calligraphy of the Venerable Fazhi, which is like water forming ripples by itself without wind. It happens to have the antique flavor of Jin dynasty letters, with the pleasing grace of a veteran hand. Keguan, a student continuing his learning across generations from Yunjian, reverently inscribes this at the end of the scroll. First day of mid-summer in the gengzi year of the Chunxi era [1180].