廣弘明集 21.29

21.29

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."