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亦東晉竺法汰作《本無論》。初二句明其尚無。中心崇尚於無，故凡所發言皆賓伏於無也。次四句出彼解相。以經論有雙非之句，汰公解云：「非有者，非斥了有；非無者，和無亦無却。」則淪於太無爾。

Zhu Fatai, also of the Eastern Jin, composed the Treatise on Original Non-Being. The first two lines clarify his preference for non-being. Within his mind he venerated non-being, so whatever words he uttered, they were all submitted to non-being. The next four lines bring out his manner of understanding. Because the sūtras and treatises have sentences of double negation, Master Tai explained them, saying: "'Not existent' rejects existence; 'not non-existent' does away with non-existence as well." Thus he sank into utter nothingness.