涅槃經遊意 1.52

1.52

但一家釋「半滿」復有展轉明義。一、無常為「半」常為「半」，無常為「半」常為「滿」；二、常無常皆「半」，是常無常所，病皆洗除，盡名之為「滿」；三者、常無常用「半」，非常非無常體「滿」。體用異故，此體用、用體具足始為「滿」。

Yet our tradition's explanation of "half-full" further clarifies the meaning progressively: First, impermanence is "half" and permanence is "half", while impermanence being "half" and permanence being "full"; second, permanence and impermanence are both "half", and that which pertains to permanence and impermanence, when its illness is completely washed away, is entirely called "full"; third, employing permanence and impermanence is "half", while the essence of neither permanence nor impermanence is "full". Because essence and function differ, only when this essence-function and function-essence are complete does it become "full".