四分律行事鈔資持記 3.999

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三中，前釋高床。八指，約佛，即尺六也。《增一》，金銀牙角佛師父母，是為八種。〈隨相〉，即九十中。次釋生像。生色即金，天生黃故。似色即銀，可塗染故。似即像者，會上名也。生像，是翻胡為漢；未詳胡語，金銀全是漢語；重疊言之，故云二彰。胡漢，合云華梵，循古為言；古者召梵為胡，以法初來漢地故也。

Under [point] three: First, explaining the high bed. Eight finger-breadths, measured by the Buddha, is one foot and six inches. The *Ekottarika-āgama* lists gold, silver, ivory, horn, Buddha, teacher, father, and mother—these are the eight kinds. 'Concomitant marks' refers to the ninety [pāyattikas]. Next, explaining living and resembling forms: Living color is gold, because it is naturally yellow. Resembling color is silver, because it can be coated and dyed. 'Resembling' means form, harmonizing with the name above. 'Living and resembling' is translating Hu into Chinese; without understanding the Hu language, gold and silver are entirely Chinese terms; stating them redundantly, it says 'two manifestations'. Hu and Chinese together are called Hua and Fan, following ancient expressions; in ancient times Fan was called Hu, because the Dharma first came to the land of Han.