弘明集 10.93

10.93

辱告奉覿。勅旨所答臣下審神滅論。伏披素札仰瞻玄談。文貫韶夏義測爻繫。囊括典經牢籠述作。弘彼正教垂之方簡。希夷卓爾難得而聞。斟酌賢聖剖破毫髮。兼通內外之塗語。過天人之際矣。自非體茲至德思與神會。豈能深明要道人知企及。謹書諸紳。永以為珮。泠乎既入照若發蒙。比故修詣共申講復也。弟子劉洽頓首呈。

I am honoured by your letter and have seen the imperial decree answering the ministers to clarify the treatise on the extinction of the spirit. Respectfully unfurling the plain silk and gazing up at this profound discourse, its phrasing runs through the Shao and the Xia, its meaning plumbs the hexagram lines and the Appended Remarks. It embraces the canonical scriptures and encompasses literary compositions; it promotes the correct teaching and records it upon bamboo tablets. Vast, subtle, and eminent, it is rare to hear. Weighing the sages and worthies, it dissects hairsbreadths; bridging the paths of the inner and outer, its discourse transcends the boundary between humans and devas. If one did not embody this supreme virtue and commune in thought with the spirit, how could one deeply illuminate the essential Dao and make people aspire to it? I have respectfully inscribed it on my sash, to wear it forever as an ornament. How refreshing once it enters; it illuminates as if dispelling ignorance. Recently, I have made a visit to discourse and discuss it together. Presented with a bow by your disciple Liu Qia.