注維摩詰經 2.142

2.142

什曰：俄頓異色，須臾變滅。身亦如是，眴息之間有少有長、老病死變。從如沫至如電，盡喻無常也。或以無堅、或以不久、或以不實、或以屬因緣，明其所以無常也。下四大喻，喻空無我也。

[Kumāra]jīva says: In an instant it assumes different colors, and in a moment it changes and perishes. The body is also like this: between the blink of an eye and a breath, there are youth and growth, old age, sickness, death, and alteration. From 'like foam' down to 'like lightning', they all illustrate impermanence. Whether by lack of firmness, by short duration, by unreality, or by dependence on causes and conditions, they clarify the reasons for its impermanence. The four great element similes below illustrate emptiness and non-self.