法華玄論 4.132

4.132

答：有人言權是權爾之名，實是審實為義。有人言實名智慧，權名方便。方便是善巧之名，智慧是解知之義。評曰：今具詳之。請問初說：若妙以待麁為名，麁以形妙受稱。若爾，實以待權得名，權以形實為稱。若權實不相待釋名者，麁妙亦應然也。又難曰：若權是權爾之義，以權釋權。亦應實是實爾為義，以實釋實耶？若爾者，則應苦以苦義、樂以樂義，不應別有餘釋也。

Answer: Some say that 'provisional' is a name for being temporary, and 'real' has the meaning of being true and actual. Some say that 'real' is called wisdom, and 'provisional' is called skillful means. Skillful means is a name for clever adaptiveness, and wisdom has the meaning of discerning comprehension. Evaluation: We will now examine this in detail. Let us question the first explanation: If the subtle is named in contrast to the coarse, and the coarse receives its appellation in comparison to the subtle, then likewise the real obtains its name in contrast to the provisional, and the provisional receives its appellation in comparison to the real. If the provisional and real are not explained in mutual dependence, the coarse and subtle should be treated likewise. Furthermore, the objection is: If 'provisional' has the meaning of being temporary, explaining provisional by provisional, should 'real' also have the meaning of being real, explaining real by real? If so, suffering should be explained by the meaning of suffering, and joy by the meaning of joy, and there should be no other distinct explanations.