四明十義書 1.31

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上人被難之後，又知十法非是理觀，故撰答疑書，從容改轉。乃云：以由玄文直顯心性，義同理觀。且《辨訛》救云純明理觀，何曾云義同理觀？言既無準，義當自壞。

After the Venerable was refuted, he realized again that the ten dharmas are not principle contemplation; thus he composed the *Letter Answering Inquiries*, smoothly shifting his position. He then said: 'Because the text of the *Xuanyi* directly reveals the mind-nature, in meaning it is the same as principle contemplation.' Yet the *Bian'e* had defended it by saying it was a *pure clarification* of principle contemplation; when did it ever say it was *in meaning the same as* principle contemplation? Since his words have no consistency, his thesis naturally collapses.