弘明集 10.49

10.49

Graced by your notice and proclaimed demonstration of the imperial response answering the ministers' examination of the Treatise on the Extinction of the Spirit, the holy decree dissects it, causing those who are deluded to become clear. That the spirit is not extinguished is evident in the universal proclamations; since principle is subtle and silent, it consequently gave rise to delusion. The Lord above's perceptive illumination knows what is to come, and his mirror surpasses what conceals the past. Displaying wondrous thoughts beyond the subtle springs, he attacks the erratic theories of heterodoxy. Furthermore, adducing the Book of Rites, he verifies the true and false; the way of filial piety and respect is only now broadly propagated. The solitary son Xiao Ang bows his head and pays homage.