法智遺編觀心二百問 1.5

1.5

問：附事顯理乃是一種觀法，何得標列云觀有二種：一曰理觀、二曰事觀？豈以所附事自為一事，所顯理更立為一理觀耶？

Question: Attaching to phenomena to reveal principle is just a single contemplation method. How can you list them saying there are two kinds of contemplation: the first is contemplation of principle, and the second is contemplation of phenomena? Could it be that the phenomena attached to are taken as one contemplation of phenomena by themselves, and the principle revealed is additionally established as a contemplation of principle?