成唯識論演祕 2.787

2.787

問：外人但云，由人與火德相似故說人為火，不言其火而在於德。若難彼云：火不在德，豈不相扶？

Question: The opponent merely says that because the qualities of human and fire resemble each other, the human is called fire; they do not say that the fire is in the quality. If one objects against them that "fire is not in the quality," does this not prove what is already accepted?