[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [肇論新疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860) › 1.302 # 肇論新疏 1.302 肇論新疏 1.302 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.302](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.302) 初有四句，明於諸法不可定執是有是無，皆上句舉執、下句推破。欲謂將欲，言謂意言。將謂諸法定有邪？有非實生，但假緣故，如何定有？欲待謂無，事象已起，如何定無？次有二句，初句躡前緣起之事，次句結成即假即空，非真假有也、非實真空也。後有二句，正結論名。首建此名以標宗致，逐節引教、隨教會釋，顯理已周，中道實相可令悟入，最後結歸不出題示，故云爾也。問：論周至此，後說何為？答：前已通敘，其意可了。義若未盡，何此結之？可細推繹。 > First there are four sentences, clarifying that with respect to all phenomena one cannot determinately grasp that they are being or non-being; in each, the upper clause raises the grasping and the lower clause investigates and refutes it. "Wish" means about to; "speak" refers to the intention's statement. Are you about to consider all phenomena as determinately existent? Being is not really produced, but merely relies on conditions; how could it be determinately existent? If you are about to wait and consider them non-existent, the forms of things have already arisen; how could they be determinately non-existent? Next are two sentences: the first clause follows upon the aforementioned matter of dependent origination; the second clause concludes that it is at once provisional and at once empty—not true is provisional being, not real is true emptiness. Finally there are two sentences, correctly concluding with the title of the treatise. At the outset this title was established to indicate the doctrinal purport; section by section teachings were cited, and in accordance with the encounters they were interpreted and reconciled. The revelation of the principle having been completed, the Middle Way and dharmatā can be penetrated and realized. The final conclusion does not deviate from the presentation of the title; hence it says this. Question: The treatise being complete at this point, what is the purpose of the later explanation? Answer: The overall account was already given earlier, and its intention can be understood. If the meaning were not yet exhausted, why would it conclude here? One may examine and unravel this closely. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.301](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.301) - [Next: 1.303](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.303) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860~en-mt.1.302) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.302](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.302) · Pramāṇa