涅槃經遊意 1.113

1.113

今更別難為兩意：來生肇等翻為滅為一難，來宗師等翻解脫無累為一難。若言涅槃翻為解脫，栖神無累何事憂悲耶？又云滅諸結火名為滅度，離覺觀故名為涅槃。既涅槃滅度兩出別，知不以滅度翻涅槃，然生肇等師親承什師並共翻譯，豈當有謬而釋彈片耶？

Now I further make distinct objections with two points: translating as cessation by Daosheng, Sengzhao, and others is one objection; translating as liberation and freedom from defilement by Master Zong and others is another objection. If you say that nirvāṇa translates as liberation, then when the spirit reposes free from defilement, why should there be sorrow and grief? Furthermore, it says that the extinction of the fire of defilements is called extinction and crossing over, and freedom from initial and sustained thought is called nirvāṇa. Since nirvāṇa and extinction and crossing over both appear distinctly, one knows that extinction and crossing over is not used to translate nirvāṇa. Yet masters such as Daosheng and Sengzhao personally received instruction from Master Kumārajīva and translated together; how could there be errors for later scholars to criticize?