因明入正理論疏 1.133

1.133

問：「此三相中，何故不言遍是宗品性，而云法性？同異二相何故不言同定有法性、異遍無法性，而皆云品？」答：「宗一所立，總說為宗，狹不說品；喻寬能立，皆說品字。以因成宗，非成二品，初相云法，後二不言。」

Question: "Among these three characteristics, why does it not say 'pervadingly being the class of the thesis' (zongpin xing), but instead says 'property' (faxing)? Why do the two characteristics of similarity and dissimilarity not say 'the property of being definitively present in the similar' and 'the property of being pervadingly nonexistent in the dissimilar', but rather both say 'class' (pin)?" Answer: "The thesis is a single probandum (sādhya), which is referred to collectively as the 'thesis'; because it is narrow, it is not called a 'class'. The examples are broad probantia (sādhana), so they both use the word 'class'. Because the reason establishes the thesis, not the two classes, the first characteristic is called a 'property' (dharma), while the latter two are not so called."