肇論新疏 1.268

1.268

初二句明萬物皆具非有非無；次四句躡示兩非以入中道；次四句亦躡前，如次不落斷常；後二句但成前四句。以非真有故，若有不即真；以非虛絕故，若無不夷跡。若字貫此，謂非宰割事跡然後是無。夷者，亦芟夷也。

The first two lines clarify that the myriad things all possess neither existence nor non-existence. The next four lines follow and show the negation of both to enter the middle way. The next four lines also follow the preceding, sequentially not falling into annihilationism or eternalism. The last two lines merely complete the preceding four lines. Because it is not truly existent, if existent it is not identical with the true; because it does not cut off into vacuity, if non-existent it does not level traces. The word "if" runs through this, meaning that it is not that things and traces are dissected and destroyed and only then is it non-existent. "Level" also means to cut down and weed out.