淨名經集解關中疏 2.281

2.281

At that time Vimalakīrti was silent, without a word.
[Part] two: the answer. Zhao says: “Having words about wordlessness is not yet as good as being wordless about wordlessness. Hence his silence. The bodhisattvas above applied words to dharma characteristics; Mañjuśrī had words about wordlessness; Jingming was wordless about wordlessness. Although these three illuminated the same principle, their traces have shallowness and depth. Thus speech is secondary to wordlessness, and knowing is secondary to non-knowing.”