較刻《易禪》紀事
(瑞)叨侍大師五年，每見久精《易》學之士，一聞大師拈義，無不傾服。遂發心募梓全集，輒以《易禪》居首。大師解《易》既畢，方出圖說，故並附於末卷。
For five years, I had the privilege of serving Master [Rui]. Among the scholars I saw who had spent a long time studying the *Book of Changes* in depth, every single one was utterly convinced and won over whenever the Master expounded its principles. This moved me to raise funds for carving the woodblocks to publish his complete works, placing *Chan and the I Ching* first. After the Master had finished his commentary on the *Book of Changes*, he then presented the diagrams and explanations, so these have been appended to the final volume.
或有問曰：「紫陽本義，圖說在前，謂聖人作《易》，精微之旨全在語言文字之先，今胡得倒置耶？」大師答曰：「聖人悟無言而示有言；學者因有言而悟無言，所以古有左圖右書之說，何倒之有？且文字與圖皆標月指耳！不肯觀月，而爭指之前後，不亦惑乎？」問者默然。
茲因較刻并識此語，願我同志閱斯編者，了知文字與圖無非吾人心性註腳，不作有言會、不作無言會，庶不負法恩矣。門弟子通瑞百拜敬書。
周易禪解卷第一
Volume 1 of the Zen Interpretation of the Book of Changes
北天目道人蕅益智旭著
Written by Ouyi Zhixu, a monk from Northern Tianmu