大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 64.89

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疏「實則總有八支」下，第四結成正義。業種為一，識等為五，則所潤有六是有支體。愛取令潤如水入芽，能所合論，故言有八。合八為有，有無別體，故云假有。即《唯識論》諸門分別中假實分別。論云「十二有支，九實三假。一已潤六支，合名有故。二即生死。三相位別，立生死故。」今當其一。

On the commentary passage from “In reality, there are eight links in all” onwards: fourth, concluding with the correct doctrine. The seed of karma is one, and consciousness and so forth are five; thus there are six that are moistened, which constitute the entity of the link of existence. Craving and grasping effect the moistening, like water entering a sprout; when that which moistens and that which is moistened are discussed together, it is therefore said that there are eight. Combining the eight constitutes existence; existence has no separate entity, and is therefore called nominal existence. This is the discrimination between nominal and real among the various categorical discriminations in the Vijñaptimātrasiddhi. The treatise says: “Of the twelve links of existence, nine are real and three are nominal: 1. Because the six already-moistened links are collectively named existence; 2. That is, birth and death; 3. Because birth and death are established by the distinction of characteristics and states.” Now it corresponds to the first.