肇論疏 1.9

1.9

Third, rejoicing in having encountered [them]. 'Wei' means manifold, indicating that over many lifetimes there has been good fortune. 'Xing' means favored. And speaking of 'heavenly fortune' means heavenly favor; alternatively, in general, what is called 'heaven' means natural. Here, 'heavenly fortune' means naturally having good fortune. A note to the Shishuo says: 'Zhang Min, styled Ziyu, was a contemporary of Zhang Hua, but did not obtain an official post. He then composed the "Essay on Ziyu's Head Being Honored," which says: "You, sir, are by nature constrained and unversed in ritual propriety, mistakenly relying on heavenly fortune to lodge yourself." In speaking of heavenly fortune, it draws on this expression. For someone to attach the word 'fortune' (xing) to the subsequent clause is utterly laughable. 'Joyfully leaping without cease, yearning for the banquet and forgetting fatigue': joyfully leaping without knowing when to stop, and yearning for the drinking banquet without weariness. However, this character 'xiang' (yearn/feast) combines 'shi' (food) beneath 'xiang' (village); nowadays it is mostly written as 'xiang' (direction), which is also acceptable. Some editions have 'yin' (sound), which is incorrect. 'Whenever unrolling and searching through them, one cannot help dancing with one's hands': Zixia's 'Preface to the Odes' says: 'Without knowing it, one's hands dance it and one's feet tread it.' Drawing on this expression here, the intended meaning is joy. 'How much more so for the treatises of the Madhyamaka, the Śata, and the Dvādaśanikāya, extending even to the profound sūtras of the vaipulya': The Xiaoya says: 'Ji means reach.' The Zuozhuan says: 'Ji means arrive.' It is also written with the character ji, and the meaning is the same. The Twelve Gate Treatise is called the 'Gate Contemplation' (Men Guan). Master Rui's 'Preface to the Madhyamakaśāstra' says: 'The Śataśāstra remedies the external so as to ward off heterodoxy; this text dispels the internal so as to wash away lingering attachments; the vast and profound breadth of the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa, and the refined penetration of the Twelve Gate Contemplation.'