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其鈍根者，非唯聞思不悟，更增眾失。故《中論》云：「將來世中，人根轉鈍，造作諸惡，不知何因緣，故說畢竟空。是故廣作觀法，說於《中論》。」今亦如是，為鈍根故，廣破單、複，訖至無言說見；通用龍樹四句破令盡淨。

As for those of dull faculties, not only do they fail to awaken through hearing and reflection, they further increase numerous faults. Therefore the *Mūlamadhyamakakārikā* states: "In future ages, people's faculties will turn duller; they will commit all manner of evil deeds, not knowing on what basis ultimate emptiness is taught. For this reason, extensive methods of contemplation are devised and expounded in the *Mūlamadhyamakakārikā*." It is the same here: for the sake of those of dull faculties, we extensively refute the simple and compound, up to the view beyond verbal expression; universally employing Nāgārjuna's four phrases to refute them so that all is eliminated and purified.