[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [肇論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858) › 1.41 # 肇論 1.41 肇論 1.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.41) 去年夏末，始見生上人示《無知論》。才運清俊，旨中沈允，推涉聖文，婉而有歸。披味殷勤，不能釋手。直可謂浴心方等之淵，而悟懷絕冥之肆者矣！若令此辨遂通，則般若眾流，殆不言而會。可不欣乎！可不欣乎！夫理微者辭險，唱獨者應希。苟非絕言象之表者，將以存象而致乖乎？意謂，答以緣求智之章，婉轉窮盡，極為精巧，無所間然矣。但暗者難以頓曉，猶有餘疑一兩，今輒題之如別。想從容之暇，復能麁為釋之。 > At the end of last summer, Master Sheng first showed me your \*Treatise on the Unknowing \[of Prajñā\]\*. Its display of talent is lucid and outstanding, its central tenets profound and balanced; traversing the sacred texts, it is graceful and has true purpose. Unrolling and savoring it with dedication, I could not lay it down. It may truly be said that you have bathed your mind in the abyss of the vaipulya and awakened your reflections in the court of ultimate mystery! If this discernment is made thoroughly comprehended, then the numerous streams of prajñā will nearly converge without words. How could one not rejoice? How could one not rejoice? Now, when principles are subtle, words are perilous; when someone sings solo, few can harmonize. If one does not transcend the realm beyond words and images, will one not cause discord by preserving images? In my view, the section answering \[the query about\] seeking wisdom through conditions is subtly exhaustive, extremely refined and ingenious, leaving no room for objection. Yet the unenlightened find it difficult to understand all at once, and a couple of residual doubts still remain, which I now set down separately as follows. I trust that in your leisurely spare time, you may once more roughly elucidate them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.40) - [Next: 1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.42) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858~en-mt.1.41) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [肇論新疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.2.251) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1858.1.41) · Pramāṇa