續集古今佛道論衡 1.18

1.18

What you venerable sirs call the Taishang being formless, supremely honored, and the father of spontaneity—what has now been brought from the Western Regions is the teaching of the sūtras. That teaching is difficult to encounter, and has only now begun to spread eastward. What you venerable sirs have studied recently is mere shadow and echo; it is not the true Dharma. Now that you venerable sirs have seen the true Dharma, yet still do not abandon the root to follow the branches, how is this different from Lord Ye loving dragons in antiquity?'