注維摩詰經 2.258

2.258

[Seng]zhao says: "Heaven produces the ten thousand things, and takes man as noble. That which does not change from beginning to end is called a 'person'. Therefore non-Buddhists use 'person' to name the spirit, considering it unchanging from beginning to end. If in dharmas the limits of before and after are severed, then from moment to moment they are not identical. If from moment to moment they are not identical, then there is nothing that does not change; if there is nothing that does not change, then there is no longer a person." [Dao]sheng says: "'Person' is the designation for that which possesses spirit as opposed to earth and wood; it is that which comes and goes in birth and death. Coming and going are inherently endless; if they are severed, then it is all the more delightful."