廣弘明集 21.29

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光宅寺法雲諮曰。聖人所知之境。此是真諦。未審能知之智。為是真諦。為是俗諦。令旨答曰。能知是智。所知是境。智來冥境得言即真。又諮。有智之人。為是真諦。為是俗諦。令旨答。若呼有智之人即是俗諦。又諮。未審俗諦之人。何得有真諦之智。令旨答。聖人能忘於俗。所以得有真智。又諮。此人既冥無生。亦應不得稱人。令旨答。冥於無生不得言人。寄名相說常自有人。

Fayun of Guangzhai Temple inquired, saying: "The realm known by the sage is the ultimate truth. I do not know: is the wisdom that can know it the ultimate truth, or is it the conventional truth?"
The Prince's decree replied, saying: "The grasper is wisdom; the grasped is the realm. When wisdom comes to merge with the realm, it may be said to be identical to the true."
He further inquired: "Is the person possessing wisdom the ultimate truth, or is he the conventional truth?"
The decree replied: "If one speaks of the person possessing wisdom, that is precisely the conventional truth."
He further inquired: "I do not know: how can a person of conventional truth possess wisdom of the ultimate truth?"
The decree replied: "Because the sage can forget the conventional, he can possess true wisdom."
He further inquired: "Since this person has merged with the unarisen, he should likewise not be called a person."
The decree replied: "Merging with the unarisen, one cannot speak of a person; provisionally speaking through names and characteristics, there is ever a person."