不立文字Not Relying on Written Words

不立文字

 

有讀者說：他以為我要說不立文字咧！

 

花非花，霧非霧

此花非彼花，此霧非彼霧

花是花，霧是霧。

 

這樣就可以不立文字，哈哈😄假日開玩笑🙃，不要罵我

半寄

 

Not Relying on Written Words

 

A reader said he assumed I was about to claim “teaching without relying on written words.”

 

A flower is and isn’t a flower;

mist is and isn’t mist.

This flower isn’t that one; this mist isn’t that one.

And yet, a flower remains a flower; mist remains mist.

 

With lines like these, you can pretend you’re beyond language—haha!

Just kidding since it’s the weekend; please don’t criticize me.

 

(Chinese culture is very good at crafting such expressions.)

 

Master Banji