金光明經文句記 2.200

2.200

二、「量者」下，量。銓，猶度也。常叉之壽實叵度量，彊以雙非而度量也。非多等者，出度量相。初非多少數、次非知不知、三非說不說，此顯法壽是不思議境。故《大論》云「不思議者，不決定也。」若離可說而謂法壽定不可說，是名決定，非不思議。上二雙非，其意亦爾。如此銓量，是常久量。又多少數銓量法壽，非長短用；盡知不盡知銓量法壽，非分滿報；可說不可說銓量法壽，體非說默。

Second, from "As for the measure..." onward, the measure. Quan (to evaluate) is like du (to measure). The lifespan of the eternal branch is truly impossible to measure, but one forcibly measures it through a double negation. "Neither many nor few" and so forth sets forth the characteristics of this measurement. First is neither a large nor a small number; next is neither known nor unknown; third is neither expressible nor inexpressible. This reveals that the Dharma-lifespan is an inconceivable realm. Thus the Great Treatise says: "The inconceivable means not determinate." If one departs from what can be expressed and claims that the Dharma-lifespan is definitely inexpressible, that is called determinate, not inconceivable. The meaning of the two double negations above is also like this. Such an evaluation is an eternal and enduring measure. Furthermore, a large or small number evaluates the Dharma-lifespan, not the long or short function; being fully known or not fully known evaluates the Dharma-lifespan, not the partial or full reward; being expressible or inexpressible evaluates the Dharma-lifespan, its essence being neither speech nor silence.