[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [維摩經略疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778) › 8.7 # 維摩經略疏 8.7 維摩經略疏 8.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.7) 問：前以真破俗，次以中破真得名真空，今以何破中得名中空？答：不生不生不可說性自是空。復次破未證中妄取戲論，說中道空。復次為破法愛，故說中空。無別更有諦理破中。若更有者，此理更應有理來破，則有無窮之過。 > Question: Previously, the conventional was refuted by the ultimate, and next, the ultimate was refuted by the middle to attain the name 'true emptiness'; now, by what is the middle refuted to attain the name 'middle emptiness'? Answer: Non-arising and non-arising is ineffable; its nature itself is empty. Furthermore, to refute those who have not yet realized the middle and falsely grasp at proliferation, the emptiness of the Middle Way is spoken. Furthermore, to refute attachment to phenomena, middle emptiness is spoken. There is no other distinct truth or principle that refutes the middle. If there were another, that principle would further require a principle to come and refute it, leading to the fault of infinite regress. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.6) - [Next: 8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.8) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.8.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.8.7) · Pramāṇa