Master Hongyi wrote an inscription before his death: "A friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. Hold the image and ask for it, thousands of miles away. Shi Wen, Xiao Guo forgot to say. The flowers are full of spring and the heart is full. " A hedge between keeps friendship green. It should be explained that the communication between gentlemen is as pure as water without impurities. Hold the image and ask for it, thousands of miles away. In other words, if we only look at the superficial phenomenon of friends' communication, we seem to see the real situation, but in fact it is far from it. Ask Shi, Kuol. I mean, where am I going to settle down? The road ahead is vast, and I am speechless. Flowers are full of spring scenery and hearts are full of bright moon. But I see that spring is blooming, the moon is in the sky, and it is quiet and serene. That's where I belong. The saying of "Xiang" comes from metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties, which corresponds to "Yi". Generally speaking, "trying to set up an image" is the meaning of image. Where there are endless images, there are inexhaustible images. What images can't do is "meaning beyond images". Master Hongyi used this truth to explain the truth of Buddhism, indicating that Buddhism's highest understanding of truth is divorced from language and writing thinking. The so-called "broken words, dead heart" is. Therefore, the truth is close at hand, but it is thousands of miles away for those who stick to it. The following is a famous saying in Wang Bi's Book of Changes, which says: "The husband is like an elephant, and the meaning is also. The speaker is also a bright image. Do what you want, do what you say. Words are born from images, so you can find words to observe images; Elephants are born with meaning, and we can find them to observe meaning. Meaning is exhausted by images, and images are spoken. Therefore, the speaker is so clear about the image that he forgets to say it; Elephant, so it is meaningful, and it is smug to forget the elephant. Those who still have hooves are so among rabbits that they get rabbits and forget hooves; So, if you are in the fish, you get the fish and forget it. However, the speaker is like a hoof; Like, meaning also. Therefore, a man who keeps his word must be as he is; Those who keep their image are not proud. If an image is born of intention and exists as an image, what exists is not its image; Words are born in images, and if they exist in words, then they are not words. However, people who forget their image are proud; People who forget words are like him. Get carried away, as if forgetting words. Therefore, the image is set to the best state of its meaning, but the image can be forgotten; Draw as much as you like, but forget about this painting. " References:

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