大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經略疏 1.700

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且地有形礙而沈滯，風無形礙而輕舉，敵體相違。水、火亦互相陵奪，故知四大相違，各各差別，未審我身屬於何大？若總相屬即是四我，若總不屬即應離四別有我身，故云爾也。

Moreover, earth has corporeal resistance and is heavy and stagnant, while wind has no corporeal resistance and is light and buoyant; they are diametrically opposed in substance. Water and fire also invade and overcome each other. Therefore one knows that the four great elements conflict with one another and are distinctly different. One does not yet know: to which great element does my body belong? If it collectively belongs to all, then there would be four selves; if it does not belong to any of them, then apart from the four elements there should separately be my body. Hence it is said thus.