成唯識論了義燈 5.224

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《論》：以名身等義為境故者，等取句、文，義通二種：一、境義；二、道理義。即取名等及所詮義，俱為意境，非五識緣，據未自在。然文即字，非正能詮，為二所依。相從而說有能詮義。諸論但說名詮自性，句詮差別，不別說字為能詮故。

Regarding the statement of the *Śāstra*: "Because it takes the referents of collections of names and so forth as its intentional object": "And so forth" includes sentences and phonemes. "Referent" (artha) applies to two kinds: first, the intentional object; second, the principle. That is, taking names and so forth, as well as the meanings they express, both as the intentional object of the mind, not as an object apprehended by the five consciousnesses; this is stated with respect to when one has not attained mastery. However, phonemes are letters; they are not the primary expressing agents, but serve as the support for the two [names and sentences]. By association they are spoken of as possessing expressing significance. The various śāstras state only that names express intrinsic nature and sentences express differences, without separately stating that letters are expressing agents.