In expounding the truths of enlightenment he often resorts to rhetorical questions, contradiction and even brusque speech in his ripostes to Sakyamuni, in contrast to the reverential attitude displayed by other bodhisattvas.
為了闡明義理，文殊常用反詰、否定，甚至唐突的語氣和佛祖辯答，還曾經演出「仗劍迫佛」的激烈行徑，這和其他菩薩對佛祖恭謹的態度完全不同。