I am not sure I understand the question. Zen Buddhism believes experience is of utmost importance and that textual studies of the sutras are a poor substitute. Zen places a great deal of emphases on meditation; not just sitting meditation, but walking meditation, working meditation, breathing mediation, meditation in all things. The word Zen, the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese world Ch’an, means meditation. Zen Buddhism teaches that it is in the practice of meditation that one will gain enlightenment, not through reading threw words of others. This is one reason for the Zen koan. A koan is a story, dialog, question, or statement in the history and lore of Zen (Chan) Buddhism containing aspects that are inaccessible to rational understanding but lend themselves to understand through intuition. The idea is to reach the unborn or Buddha Mind within all sentient beings. By learning to access the unborn, we can eventual use only the unborn and thus reach enlightenment. The understanding of a koan is considered and experience just as meditation is an experience. So, you could say that Zen Buddhism emphasize experience over all other methods of understanding.
I hope this helps.

suggested reading:

Zen Shredding: Insights, Questions and Confessions of a Meditator and Novice Snowboarder on the pursuit of dreams, inspiration, passion and change.Fulfillment in life occurs as a result of the pursuit of our dreams and the cultivation of our awareness of the divinity that lies within... Read More >