般若心經略疏連珠記 1.14

1.14

「不空」下，三、顯正揀非以明中道。言「不空」等者，即無性故、空緣生故，空為真空也。鎮國云：「顯正也。」「空而非斷」者，非無見斷見之空。鎮國云：「揀非也。」斷見之無是定性之無，定無則著斷。今緣生故空，非是定無。無性故空，亦非定無。定無者，一向無物，如龜毛兔角。今但從緣無性，故非定無，是故空而非斷也。「不有」等者，亦先顯正、後揀非。「不有之有」者，即無性故有、緣生故有，此二種有並非常見之有。常見之有是定性有，今從緣無性之有非定性有，顯是幻有，顯正也。既非定性之有，故云有而不常，揀非也。則是真空妙有，離斷常之中道也。

From "Not empty" onward is the third [section]: revealing the correct and eliminating the incorrect to clarify the Middle Way. The words "not empty" and so forth refer to: because of lack of intrinsic nature, it is empty; because of pratītyasamutpāda, it is empty; this constitutes true emptiness. Zhenguo said: "It reveals the correct." "Empty yet not annihilated" means that it is not the emptiness of the view of non-existence or the view of annihilation. Zhenguo said: "It eliminates the incorrect." The non-existence of the view of annihilation is a non-existence of fixed nature; a fixed non-existence clings to annihilation. Now, being empty because of pratītyasamutpāda is not a fixed non-existence. Being empty because of lack of intrinsic nature is also not a fixed non-existence. A fixed non-existence is utterly without things, like turtle fur and rabbit horns. Now, it merely lacks intrinsic nature from conditions, so it is not a fixed non-existence; therefore, it is empty yet not annihilated. "Not existent" and so forth also first reveals the correct and afterwards eliminates the incorrect. "The existence of non-existence" means: existence because of lack of intrinsic nature, and existence because of pratītyasamutpāda; these two kinds of existence are by no means the existence of eternalism. The existence of eternalism is an existence of fixed nature. Now, the existence that is from conditions and lacks intrinsic nature is not an existence of fixed nature; it reveals that it is illusory existence, which reveals the correct. Since it is not an existence of fixed nature, it says "existent yet not permanent," which eliminates the incorrect. Thus it is true emptiness and wondrous existence, the Middle Way that departs from annihilation and permanence.