四分律行事鈔資持記 3.7

3.7

制門三衣制意中，文列十段，義節為五；初意，《多論》示希有義。三名即僧伽梨等。尚無北名，況有實乎！《功德論》中，有二意：一對三時；亦下，二為障蟲。言三時者，乃是興制之緣，非謂三時不通互著。人多錯會，學者須知。《智論》。聖弟子者，通目凡聖修聖道者。外道裸身，表著空也；白衣重著，表著有也；比丘三事不多不少，表住中道，不著空有二邊也。《十誦》中。以外道有著全段白㲲，故截以異之。

Under "The Meaning of Prescribing the Three Robes in the Gate of Prohibition", the text lists ten passages, which are grouped into five meanings. For the first meaning, the *Sarvāstivāda Vinaya Vibhāṣā* shows the meaning of rarity. The "three names" refers to saṃghāṭī and so forth. Even their northern names did not exist, how much less their actual substances! In the *Guṇaprabha-śāstra*, there are two meanings: first, corresponding to the three seasons; from "also" onward, second, to block insects. Speaking of the "three seasons" was the circumstance that gave rise to the prohibition; it does not mean that the three seasons do not allow wearing them interchangeably. Many people misunderstand this; scholars must know it. In the *Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra*, "noble disciples" generally refers to ordinary beings and noble ones who cultivate the noble path. Non-Buddhists go naked, signifying adherence to emptiness; white-robed laity wear multiple layers, signifying adherence to existence; a bhikṣu's three articles are neither too many nor too few, signifying abiding in the middle way and not adhering to the two extremes of emptiness and existence. In the *Daśādhyāya-vinaya*, because non-Buddhists wore whole pieces of white cotton, they were cut up to distinguish them.