肇論 1.26

1.26

難曰：論云「不取」者，為無知故不取？為知然後不取耶？若無知故不取，聖人則冥若夜游，不辨緇素之異耶！若知然後不取，知則異於不取矣！

The questioner asks: As for the treatise's statement 'not grasping', is it not grasping because of unknowing? Or is it knowing and only then not grasping? If it is not grasping because of unknowing, then the sage wanders blindly like one walking in the night, unable to distinguish black from white! If it is knowing and only then not grasping, then knowing is different from not grasping!