請觀音經疏闡義鈔 2.31

2.31

「如鍊真金」者，《珠叢》云「鎔金使精曰鍊，煮絲令熟曰練。」故字宜從金。疏云「是總歎」者，即總歎修定學慧猶如鍊金，數數入定轉轉明淨也。又鍊金是約喻歎，澄靜是約法歎，喻總而法別也，合云澄即歎慧。靜即歎定。今云「澄即歎定」等者，文誤。

"Like smelting fine gold": The *Zhucong* says, "Melting gold to make it refined is called *lian* 鍊; boiling silk to make it pliable is called *lian* 練." Therefore the character should take the "metal" radical (金). The Commentary says "this is an overall praise," meaning it overall praises the cultivation of concentration and the learning of wisdom as being like smelting gold: repeatedly entering concentration, it turns ever clearer and purer. Moreover, smelting gold is a praise in terms of metaphor; clear and tranquil is a praise in terms of Dharma. The metaphor is overall while the Dharma is specific. Taken together, clarity praises wisdom, and tranquility praises concentration. The current phrasing saying "clarity praises concentration," etc., is an error in the text.