[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) › [大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736) › 20.42 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 20.42 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 20.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [20.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.20.42) 第二欲界。疏「芥子之空投刃之地」者，芥子之空即〈十定品〉。四十一經云「佛子！譬如虛空，於蟲所食芥子孔中亦不減小，於無數世界中亦不增廣。其諸佛身亦復如是，見大之時亦無所增，見小之時亦無所減。」今但取能喻。「投刃之地」者，即《莊子》中，庖丁為文惠君解牛十九年，而刀刃若新發於硎。君問其故。答云：「臣始見牛，為全牛也。今見非全牛，彼節者有間，而刀刃者無厚。以無厚之刃，入有間之節，恢恢乎其於遊刃必有餘地矣。」故《文選》云「投刃皆虛，目牛無全。」今借其骨間小空，以對上小空，為真俗之況耳。 > Second, the desire realm. Regarding the Commentary's statement, "The space of a mustard seed, the room to guide a blade": the space of a mustard seed comes from the "Chapter on the Ten Samādhis." The forty-first fascicle of the sūtra states: "Sons of the Buddha! Just as space neither shrinks within the hole of a worm-eaten mustard seed, nor expands within countless worlds, the bodies of the Buddhas are likewise: when seen as large they do not increase, and when seen as small they do not decrease." Here only the analogy is taken. "The room to guide a blade" comes from the Zhuangzi, where Cook Ding butchered oxen for Lord Wenhui for nineteen years, yet the blade of his knife was as if freshly sharpened on a whetstone. The lord asked the reason. He replied: "When your servant first began cutting up oxen, I saw nothing but the whole ox. Now I no longer see the whole ox. The joints have spaces, and the blade's edge has no thickness. Inserting what has no thickness into what has space, there is plenty of room for playing the blade!" Therefore, the Wen Xuan states: "Entering the blade, all is empty; looking at the ox, nothing is whole." Here, that small space between bones is borrowed to match the small space above, serving as a metaphor for the ultimate and conventional truths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.20.41) - [Next: 20.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.20.43) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.20.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.20.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.20.42) · Pramāṇa