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註華嚴經題法界觀門頌 1.172

註華嚴經題法界觀門頌 1.172

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金烏急、玉兔速,不可展事見夷門也。然雖如是,扶桑國有山號曰暘谷,取日出貌也。咸者,《周易》卦也,兌上艮下矣。〈象〉曰「山上有澤,咸。」今夷門意取日沒西山澤也。又日出結上二根獲益,起下上根頓證矣。經云「譬如日光出現時,先照山王次餘山,後照高源及大地,而日未始有分別。」月沒者,比上根悟理難以傳受,韜其光耳。故下云。

The Golden Crow is swift; the Jade Hare is fast. One must not read this literally to understand Yimen. Even so, in the land of Fusang there is a mountain named Yanggu, taking its name from the appearance of the rising sun. Xian is a hexagram from the Book of Changes, with Dui above and Gen below. The Image says: "Above the mountain is a marsh: Xian." Here, Yimen's meaning draws on the sun setting in the marshes of the western mountains. Furthermore, the rising sun concludes the preceding benefit gained by the two faculties, and introduces the sudden realization of those with superior faculties below. The scripture says: "For instance, when the sunlight appears, it first shines on the king of mountains, then on the other mountains, and later shines on the high plateaus and the great earth, yet the sun never had any distinction." The moon setting compares to the superior faculties whose awakening to principle is difficult to transmit, so they conceal their light. Hence it says below:

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