佛祖統紀 7.8

7.8

贊曰。或見梁氏統例二威緘授其道不行之言。則便以為緘默無言坐證而已。然梁氏此言。將以張皇荊溪立言。弘道之盛。故權為之重輕耳。要之講經坐禪未嘗不並行也。不然法華聽習千眾。天宮求道無數。為何事耶。是知其道不行亦太過論。

The appraisal says: Some, seeing Master Liang's statement in the general rules of his lineage that the two Weis 'transmitted it in silence and their teaching was not practiced', then conclude that they were taciturn, without words, and merely sat in realization. However, this remark of Master Liang's was meant to magnify the grandeur of Jingxi's composing texts and propagating the Way, and thus he expediently assigned weight to one and lightened the other. In essence, lecturing on the sūtras and sitting in meditation were never not practiced side by side. Were it not so, for what purpose would a thousand people have listened and studied under Fahua, and countless people have sought the Way under Tiangong? From this we know that to say their teaching was not practiced is an overstatement.