維摩經略疏 3.86

3.86

「是身如浮雲須臾變滅」者，雲從龍出，亦陰陽氣變為異色，遠望謂有，近者則無。無明行龍，父母氣合，起假名身，從生至老種種所作，愚者遠望則有身相，智者近觀身不可得。須臾變滅者，即三藏折無常入空。「是身如電念念不住」者，電義未詳。但無明行三事，身光念念無常，如電疾滅。此譬無常意轉明矣。「是身至所轉」，八番明無我，約六種法撿破我等十六知見。前五番四大種，次一番約空種，二番約識種。

Regarding "this body is like a floating cloud, changing and perishing in an instant": Clouds arise from dragons, and are also transformed by the vapors of yin and yang into various colors; viewed from afar they seem to exist, but approached closely they are absent. The dragon of the formations of ignorance and the union of the parents' vapors give rise to the provisionally named body; from birth to old age, across its various activities, the foolish gaze from afar and see the characteristics of a body, but the wise observe it closely and the body cannot be found. "Changing and perishing in an instant" refers to the Tripiṭaka [teaching's] breaking down impermanence to enter emptiness. Regarding "this body is like lightning, not resting from thought-moment to thought-moment": The meaning of lightning has not yet been detailed. It is simply that the three things of the formations of ignorance, the bodily light, are impermanent from thought-moment to thought-moment, perishing swiftly like lightning. In this simile, the intent of impermanence becomes even clearer. From "this body" down to "that which turns [it]", there are eight sections clarifying non-self, which investigate and refute the sixteen views such as a self by relying on six kinds of elements. The first five sections concern the four great elements; the next section concerns the space element; and two sections concern the consciousness element.