因明入正理論疏 1.74

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第二、自性亦名有法，差別亦名法者，法有二義：一能持自體、二軌生他解。故諸論云：「法謂軌持。」前持自體，一切皆通；後軌生解，要有屈曲。初之所陳，前未有說，逕廷持體，未有屈曲生他異解；後之所陳，前已有說，可以後說分別前陳，方有屈曲生他異解。其異解生，唯待後說，故初所陳唯具一義，能持自體，義不殊勝，不得法名。後之所陳具足兩義，能持復軌，義殊勝故，獨得法名；前之所陳能有後法，復名有法。

Second, intrinsic nature is also called the subject (dharmin), and specific property is also called the attribute (dharma). "Dharma" has two senses: first, being able to maintain its own entity; second, being a model that generates an understanding in others. Therefore, various treatises say: "A dharma means model and maintenance." The former, maintaining its own entity, applies to all things universally; the latter, being a model that generates understanding, must involve qualification. What is stated first has not been spoken of previously; extending straightforwardly, it maintains its entity, without qualification to generate a different understanding in others. What is stated later has already been spoken of previously; one can use the later statement to distinguish what was stated before, only then having the qualification to generate a different understanding in others. The generation of that different understanding depends solely on the later statement. Therefore, what is stated first possesses only one sense—being able to maintain its own entity—and its meaning is not preeminent, so it does not obtain the name dharma. What is stated later is complete with both senses, being able both to maintain and to serve as a model; because its meaning is preeminent, it alone receives the name dharma. What is stated first can possess the subsequent dharma, so it is further called "the possessor of the dharma" (dharmin, the subject).