廣弘明集 20.78

20.78

I have heard that when the trigrams were distinguished from the drawings of Baoxi, they assisted the virtue of the spirits and luminaries; when the instructions were opened through the Plan of Jizi, they harmonized the order of the constant relations. From then onward, writers have been particularly numerous, and none of them failed to accord with the jade-like governance to add luster, or enter the golden chambers to elevate their value. How much more so when the superior wisdom of the True Vehicle ferries the myriad existences through its words, and the perfect sound of the secret treasury alerts the hundred spirits and unfolds its purports! Its illumination of the confused equals the dazzling sunlight, and its refreshing of the spirit compares to amṛta. Were it not for stepping into the stages adorned with the six necklaces and flying the virtues of the four wheels, how could one probe the subtleties of the supreme truth and investigate the workings of the wondrous origin? Thus we know that when one flourishes in the Way, one's teachings are exceedingly cultivated; when one prospers in deeds, one's writings are truly brilliant. We respectfully contemplate: