大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 5.27

5.27

Regarding the commentary's phrase “The ancient masters, seeing that both the Confucians and Mohists in this land called [their foundational texts] scriptures (jing)” and below, this presents the ancient intention. The warp-thread of a mat does not accord with the root meaning; therefore it was borrowed. “Confucian” refers to Confucian teaching, with Confucius as principal. “Mohist” refers to Mohist teaching, with Mo Di as principal; sacrificing oneself to benefit beings was its tenet, like the toil of Yu of the Xia dynasty, adopting this purpose. Confucianism has the Nine Classics, Five Classics, and so on, all called jing (scriptures/classics). A jing is that which is constant, a standard canon. Only the words of sages can be called jing. Since this land already took the words of sages as jing, translating the sacred teachings was also named jing. Saying that it “doubly contains the two meanings” refers to the sacred teachings and the meaning of warp-and-weft. “Accords with both lands” means according with the classics of Confucius and others in this land, and according with the scriptures of warp-and-weft and sacred teachings in the Western Regions. Fearing confusion with the warp of a mat, the word “tallying” (qi) was added to distinguish it. Since the ancients took the exact equivalent to be “cord,” one clearly knows they also did not understand that “tallying scripture” is partly derived from meaning; hence it is appropriate.