[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [撫州曹山元證禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a) › 1.84 # 撫州曹山元證禪師語錄 1.84 撫州曹山元證禪師語錄 1.84 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.84) 偏位雖偏亦圓兩意，緣中辨得是有語中無語。　逐位揀曰：「偏位雖偏亦圓兩意者，為用處不立的的，的的則真不常用也。」　別揀曰：「偏位雖偏亦圓者，用中無物無觸，是兩意雖就用中明，為語中不傷，此乃竟日道如不道。」　別時揀曰：「偏位却圓，亦具緣中不觸。」 > “Though the biased rank is biased, it also rounds out the two meanings; discerned within conditions, it is having no-words within words.” Discriminating rank by rank, it is said: “That ‘though the biased rank is biased, it also rounds out the two meanings’ is because in the locus of its function it does not establish definiteness; if it were definite, then the true would not be constantly functional.” Another discrimination says: “That ‘though the biased rank is biased, it is also rounded’ means that within function there is no object and no obstruction; these two meanings, though clarified in terms of function, because they cause no injury within words, this is indeed speaking all day long like not having spoken.” In a discrimination made on another occasion, it was said: “The biased rank yet is rounded; it also possesses non-obstruction within conditions.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.83) - [Next: 1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.85) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a~en-mt.1.84) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [撫州曹山本寂禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987b.2.20) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.84) · Pramāṇa