辯正論 6.144

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通人曰。縱使有道不能自生。從自然生從自然出。道本自然則道有所待。既因他有。即是無常。故老子云。人法地。地法天。天法道。道法自然。王弼云。言天地之道並不相違。故稱法也。自然無稱窮極之辭。道是智慧靈知之號。用智不及無智。有形不及無形。道是有義。不及自然之無義也。

The versatile scholar said: 'Even if there is a Dao, it cannot generate itself: it is born from spontaneity and emerges from spontaneity. If the Dao is rooted in spontaneity, then the Dao is dependent. Since it exists dependent on another, it is impermanent. Therefore Laozi said: "Man models himself on Earth; Earth models itself on Heaven; Heaven models itself on the Dao; the Dao models itself on spontaneity." Wang Bi said: "This means the Daos of Heaven and Earth do not contradict each other; hence they are said to 'model'. Spontaneity is a term for the unnameable and the ultimate. The Dao is a title for wisdom and spiritual knowledge. Employing wisdom is inferior to having no wisdom; having form is inferior to having no form. The Dao possesses meaning, which is inferior to the meaninglessness of spontaneity."'