弘明集 9.93

9.93

答曰。趙簡子之上賓秦穆之上遊帝。既云耳聽鈞天。居然口嘗百味。亦可身安廣廈。目悅玄黃。或復披文繡之衣。控如龍之轡。故知神之須待既不殊人。四肢七竅每與形等。隻翼不可以適遠。故不比不飛。神無所闕。何故憑形以自立。

The reply: Viscount Jian of Zhao's ascending as a guest and Duke Mu of Qin's traveling up to the Lord—since it is said their ears heard the Jun Heavens, naturally their mouths tasted the hundred flavors, their bodies could rest in spacious mansions, their eyes could delight in dark and yellow, or they put on embroidered garments and grasped dragon-like reins. Hence we know that what the spirit requires does not differ from a person, and its four limbs and seven orifices are always equivalent to the corporeal form. A single wing cannot go far, so without its pair it does not fly. If the spirit lacks nothing, why should it depend on the corporeal form to establish itself?