禅宗是佛教中国化的典型形态,晚唐以降,禅风大盛,诸禅师话头公案悉被汇录。禅宗语录语言活泼,思辨机智,很受后人推崇,为宋明理学家所沿用。由于禅宗自谓是佛祖的教外别传,以心传心,因此禅林常将师徒之间在举手投足或言谈上的相互默契视为参学的究竟。起初,通常采用隐喻暗示等手段,有时会故弄玄虚,以曲折晦涩的方式绕山绕水地说禅,继 Zen Buddhism is a typical form of China, the late Tang to drop, Zen Feng Shusheng, Zhu Zen dialect case was reported. Zen Quotations lively language, witticism, highly respected by future generations, used by the Song and Ming Neo-Confucianism. Since Zen Buddhism is the self-proclaimed Buddha’s preaching to the outside world, heart to heart, so Buddhism often mentoring between gestures or talk of mutual understanding of the mutual understanding of what exactly. At first, metaphorical cues and other means are often used, sometimes trickery, winding and winding way to the zigzag way to say Zen, following