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Dictionary Definition:

(不立文字教) The 禪 ch'an or intuitive School does 'not set up scriptures'; it lays stress on meditation and intuition rather than on books and other external aids: cf.Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra.

Source: A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous