金剛經纂要刊定記 4.285

4.285

詮義等者。謂以一句詮一義，一義為一句，四義方成一偈，一異有空常無常等，皆各有四句。然今經四句人說不同。有說：取無我、無人、無眾生、無壽者為四句。有說：取若以色見我等為四句。有說：一切有為法等為四句。有說：但於一經之中隨取四句經文，便為四句。有說：始從如是終至奉行，方成四句。然上諸說皆非正義。

[On the passage] "Signifying meanings...": this means using one phrase to signify one meaning, one meaning making one line, and four meanings forming one verse; identity and difference, existence and emptiness, permanence and impermanence, and so forth, all each have four lines. However, regarding the four lines in the present sūtra, people's explanations differ. Some say: taking "no self, no person, no sentient being, no soul" as the four lines. Some say: taking "if one sees me by form..." and so on as the four lines. Some say: "all conditioned phenomena..." and so on as the four lines. Some say: merely taking any four lines of text within the sūtra constitutes the four lines. Some say: beginning from "thus" to "practised with dedication" constitutes the four lines. Yet the above explanations are all not the correct meaning.