肇論新疏 1.316

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《成具經》云：「是法無所有，強為其名。」園林即漆園也，曹州地名，莊周曾為此吏，故以目之。彼《齊物》云：「以指喻指之非指，不若以非指喻指之非指也。以馬喻馬之非馬，不若以非馬喻馬之非馬也。」指謂手指。馬謂戲籌，若今雙六之馬也。如二人相向，各以己指是指、他指非指，是非互在，本無實也。喻，曉也。馬可例之。

The Chengju jing says: "These phenomena have nothing that exists; they are forcefully given names." "The Garden" is the Lacquer Garden, a place-name in Caozhou; Zhuang Zhou once served as an official there, hence he is designated by it. His "Adjustment of Controversies" says: "To use a finger to show that a finger is not a finger is not as good as using a non-finger to show that a finger is not a finger. To use a horse to show that a horse is not a horse is not as good as using a non-horse to show that a horse is not a horse." "Finger" refers to fingers on the hand. "Horse" refers to game counters, like the pieces in backgammon today. Like two people facing each other, each takes their own finger as "this finger" and the other's finger as "not a finger"; right and wrong reside in each alternately, fundamentally lacking reality. "Show" (yu) means to clarify. The horse can be understood by analogy.