四分律行事鈔資持記 3.63

3.63

次科，前引論文。則下，斥非法，前斥白色。如下，次斥四色。人所喜著，故云多有。白色非孝僧不用，故云無多白者。（近時禪者黲色漸淡，則白者又多矣。）正言即指上論。今下，傷歎。苦受猶言堅執也。一生無衣，乖法制故。死負聖責，違教結犯故。何慮無惡道分，定墮苦趣故。上二句是現業，次一句即來報，下二字歎詞。今時有以布衣為喪服者，且布衣是如來正制，三乘道標，豈意一朝反成凶服；加以素帶長垂，或復麁麻表異（《五杉集》、《釋氏要覽》、《輔教編》並謂僧無服制，但布麁為異）；或緇巾纏項，或白布兜頭；鄙俗之風，盛傳于世；法滅之相，果現於茲矣。

In the next heading, it first cites the text of the treatise. "Then... below" criticizes the non-Dharmic: first, it criticizes the color white. "Such as... below" next criticizes the four colors. Because people like to wear them, it says "there are many." White is not used by monks who are not in mourning, so it says "not many wear white." (In recent times, the dark grey of Chan practitioners has grown lighter and lighter, so those who wear white are once again numerous.) "Correct words" refers to the treatise above. "Now... below" expresses sorrow and lamentation. "Painstakingly cling to" means stubborn attachment. "A whole lifetime without robes" is because they run counter to the Dharma's regulations. "In death bearing the rebuke of the sages" is because they violate the teachings and incur offenses. "Why worry about having no share in the evil destinies?" means they will certainly fall into miserable realms. The upper two phrases concern present karma, the next phrase concerns future retribution, and the final two words are an exclamation. Nowadays, some use plain cotton cloth for mourning garments. Yet plain cotton cloth is the Tathāgata's genuine regulation, the hallmark of the path of the three vehicles; who could have expected that one morning it would conversely become a garment of ill omen! In addition, plain sashes hang long, or coarse hemp is used to signal difference (The Five Cedars Collection, Essentials of the Śākya Clan, and Essay Supporting the Teaching all state that the saṅgha has no prescribed mourning garments, but merely uses coarse cotton cloth to mark the difference); or black headscarves are wrapped around the neck, or white cloth hoods are worn over the head. Such vulgar customs are widely transmitted throughout the world; the signs of the decline of the Dharma have truly manifested here!