釋氏要覽 1.319

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或呼掛子。蓋此先輩僧創之。後僧効之。又亡衣名。見掛絡在身故。因之稱也。今南方禪僧。一切作務皆服。以相不如法。諸律無名。幾為講流非之。予因讀根本百一羯磨第十卷云。五條有三品。上者竪三肘。廣五肘。下者減半。二內名中。又佛言。安陀會有二種。一者竪三肘。廣五肘。二者竪二肘。橫四肘。此謂守持衣。最後之量限。蓋三輪（上蓋臍下掩膝）因詳頗詳頗是今絡子之量也。若作之。但五幅。一長一短。或襵或貼。呼安陀會。即免謗。一切處著。合律無過。實勝空身矣（今詳律言肘但用自肘蓋度身而衣也。若用尺八之肘者下文即無臂短不及之言也）。

Also called guazi. Monks of previous generations invented this, and later monks imitated it; also, forgetting the name of the robe and seeing it hung and strapped on the body, they named it accordingly. Today, Chan monks of the south wear it for all chores. Because its appearance does not conform to the Dharma and it is unnamed in the various vinayas, it has often been criticized by the doctrinal masters. Reading the tenth fascicle of the Mūlasarvāstivāda Ekaśatakarman, I found it says: 'The five-strip robe has three grades: the superior is three cubits high and five cubits wide; the inferior is reduced by half; between the two is called medium.' Also, the Buddha said: 'The antarvāsas has two sizes: one is three cubits high and five cubits wide; the second is two cubits high and four cubits wide. This refers to the minimum measurement for keeping the robe, covering the three rings (above covering the navel, below shielding the knees).' Upon detailed examination, this is very close to the measurement of the present-day luozi. If made with only five widths, one long and one short, either pleated or patched, and called an antarvāsas, it avoids criticism; worn anywhere, it accords with the vinaya without fault, and is truly superior to being bare-bodied. (Examining the vinaya's mention of 'cubits', it only uses one's own forearm, tailoring the robe to the body; if one used the standard cubit of one chi eight cun, there would not be the later statement that short forearms do not suffice.)