禪林寶訓 2.51

2.51

佛眼曰。學者不可泥於文字語言。蓋文字語言。依他作解障自悟門。不能出言象之表。昔達觀頴初見石門聰和尚。室中馳騁口舌之辯。聰曰。子之所說乃紙上語。若其心之精微。則未覩其奧。當求妙悟。悟則超卓傑立。不乘言不滯句。如師子王吼哮百獸震駭。迴觀文字之學。何啻以什較百以千較萬也（龍間記聞）。

Foyan said: "Students must not be stuck in written words and spoken language. Written words and spoken language build understanding dependent on others, obstruct one's own gate of awakening, and cannot transcend words and symbols. Formerly, when Daguan Ying first visited Reverend Shimen Cong, he galloped with verbal eloquence in the room. Cong said, 'What you speak of is words on paper. As for the subtlety of the mind, you have not yet seen its depth. You should seek wondrous awakening. When awakened, you will be outstanding and uniquely pre-eminent, neither riding on words nor stagnating in phrases, like the lion king whose roar makes the hundred beasts tremble in fright. Looking back on the study of written words, how could it merely be comparing ten with a hundred, or a thousand with ten thousand?'" (Longjian Jiwen)