肇論新疏 1.220

1.220

齊此論主破辭，此且先出正理。初句牒名，次句示依他。謂凡是質礙之色，緣會而生者，心雖不計，亦色法也。受想等法，亦應例同。意云：豈待人心計彼謂青黃等，然後作青等色耶？以青黃亦緣生故。

Up to here is the treatise master's refutation; here he first brings out the correct principle. The first line repeats the term; the next line indicates the dependent nature (paratantra). It means that wherever there is matter with physical obstruction born of the concurrence of conditions, even if the mind does not conceptualise it, it is still a matter dharma. Dharmas such as sensation and perception should also be understood by analogy. The meaning is: how could one wait for the human mind to conceptualise it as blue, yellow, and so on, and only then have it become blue or other matter? For blue and yellow are also dependently arisen.