索绪尔指出:“一个民族的风俗习惯常会在它的语言中有所反映,另一方面,在很大程度上,构成民族的也正是语言。”俗语既是一种语言现象,同时也是一种文化现象。唐宋禅宗典籍保留了大量俗语,它们是历史民俗的活化石,直接或间接地反映出当时社会的民俗文化风貌。对禅宗典籍中有关民俗的俗语进行分类考察,以窥禅籍俗语深厚的民间文化底蕴。 Saussure pointed out: “A nation’s customs are often reflected in its language, on the other hand, to a large extent, it is the language that constitutes the nation.” "As a linguistic phenomenon, It is also a cultural phenomenon. The Tang and Song dynasties Zen books retain a large number of idioms, which are the living fossils of history and folklore, directly or indirectly reflecting the social and folk-custom features of the time. On the classification of the folk idioms in the Zen classics, we can see the profound folk culture of the Zen idioms.