維摩經略疏 9.10

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問：種以能生為義，義映無常。性以不改為義，義映於常。此二義別，何得言映？答：緣了映種，不足致疑。但正因映種義似有乖，深求其致亦相映也。如真非因果說為正因，是則非因性為正因性，何以不得非因種說為正因種子？

Question: "Seed" has the meaning of being capable of producing, which corresponds in meaning to impermanence. "Nature" has the meaning of being immutable, which corresponds in meaning to permanence. These two meanings differ; how can it be said that they correspond? Answer: That the conditional and revelatory correspond to the seed poses no difficulty. It is only that the direct cause corresponding to the seed seems to be discordant; yet, if one investigates its principle deeply, they do indeed correspond. Just as what is truly neither cause nor effect is spoken of as the direct cause, so that the non-causal nature is the direct cause nature, why should one not take the non-causal seed and speak of it as the direct cause seed?