肇論新疏 1.176

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四象即四時，奔馳之疾如風也。璿璣，即北斗二星之名。今通因北斗。以繞辰而轉，晝夜周天速如電卷。舉此四時晝夜，該攝一切，乃遷運中最速疾者。毫微，謂毫毛微細也。源云：「苟得不遷之意在於毫微，雖四象等亦不轉移也。」源師之意，如能悟毫微不遷之意，雖至遷亦不遷也。此解最正。如遠公云：「一毫涉動境，成此頹山勢。」迷既一毫而成大，悟亦毫微而見理。此中且舉悟涯初涉尚見不遷，況大達耶。

The "four images" are the four seasons; their rushing swiftness is like the wind. The "starry pivot" (xuanji) is the name of two stars of the Northern Dipper; here it refers generally to the Northern Dipper. Because it turns encircling the celestial pole, orbiting the heavens day and night as swift as a sweep of lightning, mentioning these four seasons, day, and night encompasses everything—they are the swiftest of all moving transits. "Subtlest hair" refers to the minute tip of a hair. Master Yuan says: "If one grasps the meaning of immutability within the subtlest hair, then even the four images and so forth do not shift." Master Yuan's meaning is that if one can awaken to the meaning of immutability in the subtlest hair, then even what is most shifting is also immutable. This interpretation is the most correct. As Master Yuan says: "If a single hair is involved in the realm of movement, it brings about the momentum of this crumbling mountain." Since delusion becomes immense from a single hair, awakening also perceives the ultimate principle in the subtlest hair. Here, it merely adduces that the initial foray into the border of awakening already sees immutability; how much more so for the greatly attained!