俱舍論頌疏論本 16.84

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Second, explaining what is seen, heard, and so forth: The treatise states: "The sūtra explains that statements are in brief of sixteen kinds: namely, speaking of what was not seen, not heard, not sensed, and not known as having actually been seen, and so forth; or, among what was seen, heard, sensed, and known, speaking of it as not seen, and so forth. These eight kinds are called non-noble speech. If regarding what was not seen up to not known, one speaks of it as not seen, and so forth; or regarding what was seen up to what was known, one speaks of it as actually seen, and so forth, these eight kinds are called noble speech. What are the characteristics of what is seen and the rest?" The verse says: