弘明集 7.10

7.10

論云。若謂其致既均其法可換者。而車可涉川。舟可行陸乎。必不可也。疑曰。夫法者所以法情。情非法也。法既無定由情不一。不一之情所向殊塗。剛柔並馳華戎必同。是以長川浩漫無當於此矣。平原遠陸豈取於彼耶。舟車兩乘何用不可。

The treatise says: "If you claim that because their ultimate aim is the same, their methods can be interchanged, can a carriage cross a river, or a boat travel on land? It is surely impossible." The objection says: Dharma is that by which emotions are regulated; emotions are not the Dharma. Since the Dharma has no fixed form, it arises because emotions are not uniform. When non-uniform emotions head in different directions, the firm and the yielding run alongside, and the Chinese and the barbarian must be alike. Therefore, the vast, boundless river has no relevance here; how could the flat plains and distant lands be taken from there? Why would it be unacceptable to employ both boat and carriage?