大般涅槃經集解 71.50

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Sengliang comments: Because this maintains a solid nature, it is called water. However, the nature of flowing and motion is the same; if moving does not lose the nature of flowing and maintaining, would it not be called wind? In the passage below starting from "if moving is not called wind," if having more wetness pertains to water, then having more solidity when frozen should pertain to earth. How could its name be obtained from conditions? Baoliang comments: If it still pertains to water when frozen, waves originally move due to wind and should be named wind; if waves are not named wind, freezing should likewise not be considered water.