肇論新疏 3.47

3.47

初句喻況，以明所歸。後句法說，略彰無名。有無之跡如鏡中之像，像虛歸鏡、跡虛歸性。此句絕相，下句離名。幽宅，目涅槃，以是三乘九流之所歸處，義言宅也。問：若云絕稱，何立二名？

The first line provides an analogy to clarify that to which things return. The second line gives the doctrinal explanation, briefly showing namelessness. Traces of being and non-being are like images in a mirror: images, being empty, return to the mirror; traces, being empty, return to nature. This line cuts off characteristics, while the next line leaves behind names. “Profound dwelling” refers to nirvāṇa; because it is the place to which the three vehicles and nine currents return, it is figuratively called a dwelling. Question: If designations are cut off, why establish two names?