大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 74.12

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第四知劫通。「然大乘宗未來世法體用俱無今云何知」者，總徵知義。謂小乘或說三世俱有，未來但未有用，或縱可見而未有體。大乘體用俱無，則無可知見。次「依方便教」下，答中有二：初依權教立理答。謂見因知果，如見色相，知後吉凶。

Fourth, the superknowledge of knowing kalpas. "However, in the Mahāyāna school, future dharmas are devoid of both essence and function; how are they now known?" This generally queries the meaning of knowing. That is, the Hīnayāna may say that the three periods all exist, and the future merely lacks function yet, or conceding that it can be seen, it lacks essence yet. In the Mahāyāna, essence and function are both absent, so there is nothing that can be known or seen. Next, from "Relying on the expedient teaching" onward, within the answer there are two: First, answering by establishing the principle according to the provisional teaching. That is, seeing the cause and knowing the fruit, just as seeing marks and appearances and knowing subsequent good or bad fortune.