[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) › [維摩經略疏垂裕記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779) › 1.32 # 維摩經略疏垂裕記 1.32 維摩經略疏垂裕記 1.32 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.1.32) 其道甚著者，疏解經題凡六卷，題曰「玄」疏解經文凡二十八卷，題曰「文」，疏總三十四卷，故曰甚著。別本作甚大，亦通。甚大，語出《周易》。甚著，語出《文選》。而嗜下，出廣疏之過也。嗜，貪也。簡，略也。吾欲下，明欲刪略。因而就之者，因舊疏而成文以伸經教，亦非別撰也。刪而裁之者，刪削裁翦繁亂之辭，以存其簡要之說也。故荊溪自序云「帶義必存，言繁則翦。」何如者，舉其事以問其可不也。弟子下，既愜眾情，故同致請。削其淨辭者，削有二義：一削去、二削取。今謂於廣疏中削取淨辭別為一部也。其文雖略，義門不改，故云不失舊則。繁辭既刪，精義益顯，故云其義惟明。與前下，此明荊溪但削取淨辭，不廢舊疏。新本對舊，廣略之名生矣。意令好廣者則尋舊，好略者則從新，故與前部偕行，各從所好。偕，等也。 > "Its Way is exceedingly prominent": the commentary explaining the sūtra's title comprises six fascicles titled \*Xuan\* \["Profound Meaning"\], and the commentary explaining the sūtra's text comprises twenty-eight fascicles titled \*Wen\* \["Textual Explanation"\], making thirty-four fascicles in all; hence it is said to be "exceedingly prominent." Another version reads "exceedingly vast," which also makes sense. "Exceedingly vast" is an expression from the \*Zhouyi\*; "exceedingly prominent" is an expression from the \*Wenxuan\*. Below "those fond of...", he points out the faults of the extensive commentary: \*shi\* means to covet; \*jian\* means brief. Below "I wish to...", he explains his wish to abridge it. "Build upon it" means composing the text based on the old commentary to expand the sūtra's teaching, not writing an entirely separate work. "Abridge and prune it" means excising and pruning verbose and cluttered wording to preserve its concise and essential explanations. Therefore Jingxi's own preface states: "What carries meaning must be preserved; where words are verbose, they are pruned." "What do you think?" poses the matter to ask whether it is acceptable. Below "the disciples...", since it suited the assembly's wishes, they joined in making the request. "Excised its extraneous words": "excising" (\*xiao\*) has two meanings: first, to excise and remove; second, to select by pruning. Here it means selecting from the extensive commentary its pure words to form an independent work. Although its text is abridged, the doctrinal classifications remain unchanged, hence it says "without deviating from the old rules." With the verbose words pruned away, the refined meanings become even clearer, hence it says "its meaning became solely luminous." Below "circulating alongside...", this clarifies that Jingxi merely selected its pure words without discarding the old commentary. When compared to the old, the names "extensive" and "abridged" arose. The intention was to let those who favor the extensive consult the old, and those who favor the abridged follow the new; hence it circulates alongside the previous work, each according to preference. \*Xie\* means together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.1.31) - [Next: 1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.1.33) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779~en-mt.1.32) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.1.32) · Pramāṇa