[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [金剛經纂要刊定記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702) › 1.7 # 金剛經纂要刊定記 1.7 金剛經纂要刊定記 1.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.1.7) 《金剛般若經疏論纂要》者，此題九字，從寬至狹能所六重。一、能所釋。謂金剛等五字是所，疏論下四字屬能。二、能所詮。謂經字屬能，金剛等四字是所。三、能所簡。有二。一簡通，謂經通一代時教，般若唯局當部。二簡別，般若猶通八部，金剛但屬一經。五、能所喻。金剛是能，般若屬所。六、能所纂。纂字屬能，謂疏主也。要字是所，謂正義也。若著并序二字，復加一重。二字是能，上皆所攝。然此七重，不出教行人理。謂經及疏論并序五字是教，謂能詮、能釋、能序也。般若通行，謂觀照也。纂字屬人，疏主也。金剛要字屬理。金剛喻實相，即真理。要字是正，義即道理。 > "Essentials of the Commentaries and Treatises on the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra": this title has nine characters, comprising six layers of subject and object from the broader to the narrower. First, the explaining agent and the object explained: the five characters "Vajra" and so forth are the object; the four characters below, "Commentaries and Treatises", belong to the explaining agent. Second, the signifier and the signified: the character "Sūtra" belongs to the signifier; the four characters "Vajra" and so forth are the signified. Third, the selector and the selected: this has two aspects. (1) Selection regarding the shared: "sūtra" applies generally to the teachings of the Buddha's entire lifetime, whereas "prajñā" is restricted solely to the present division. (2) Selection regarding the specific: "prajñā" still applies generally to the eight divisions, whereas "vajra" belongs only to this single sūtra. Fifth, the vehicle of the metaphor and the tenor of the metaphor: "vajra" is the vehicle, while "prajñā" belongs to the tenor. Sixth, the compiler and the compiled: the character "compile" (zuan) belongs to the compiler, meaning the author of the commentary; the character "essentials" (yao) is what is compiled, meaning the correct doctrine. If one includes the two characters "with Preface", yet another layer is added: these two characters are the including agent, and all of the above is what is included. Yet these seven layers do not go beyond teaching, practice, person, and principle. The five characters "Sūtra", "Commentaries and Treatises", and "with Preface" are the teaching, meaning the signifier, the explaining agent, and the prefacer. "Prajñā" refers throughout to practice, meaning contemplative illumination. The character "compile" belongs to the person, the author of the commentary. The characters "vajra" and "essentials" belong to principle: "vajra" serves as a metaphor for dharmatā, which is true principle; the character "essentials" indicates what is correct, its principle being the rational doctrine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.1.6) - [Next: 1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.1.8) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702~en-mt.1.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1702.1.7) · Pramāṇa