絕餘編序
Preface to Jueyu Bian
生平行履，百無一長。獨有大菩提心，忘身為法，捨己從人，則堪質諸三世慈尊者也。自庚午至甲戌，五年之中，幾經困衡，曾無退悔。蓋因乙亥仲秋，復遇一友背盟，而此志遂不啻如槁木死灰矣。丙子春，本擬遁跡萬山深處，甘與野獸同死。途中大病，逗留九華，哀禱地藏本師，仍得閱藏著述之決，乃不復與文字般若為讎。嗟乎，文字性空，性空即是實相。實相離一切相，即一切法，豈離文字而解脫哉？追思昔年焚棄筆硯，絕而不絕，今也不絕而絕矣。非絕非不絕，而論於絕，絕無絕相，姑名絕餘。知我者其惟此編乎，笑我者其惟此編乎，吾以俟諸後世子與可也。
崇禎壬午仲夏藕益道人智旭書於吳興之鐵佛觀堂
In the midsummer of the year 1642, the Buddhist monk Ouyi, also known as Zhixu, wrote this at the Iron Buddha Temple in Wuxing.