一切經音義 50.167

50.167

Investigation and discernment (Fanqie: 𦙃 [s-] + 吏 [-i]. In Sanskrit, vitarka translates as 'investigation' [xun], and vicāra translates as 'discernment' [ci]. Xun means seeking out, ci means examining. It is either volition or wisdom searching into an object: the coarse state is called xun; these very same two factors thoroughly examining the object in a subtle state is called ci, hence the term 'investigation and discernment'. The old names 'sensory thought and contemplation' [jueguan] were due to translators not examining the original language—in the Sanskrit text, bodhi is jue, and vipaśyanā is guan—which led to this error).