[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) › [翻譯名義集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131) › 6.8 # 翻譯名義集 6.8 翻譯名義集 6.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.6.8) 章安疏云：「言伊字者，外國有新舊兩伊。舊伊橫竪，斷絕相離，借此況彼。橫如烈火，竪如點水，各不相續。不橫，不同烈火。不竪，不同點水。應如此方草下字相。細畫相連，是新伊相。舊伊可譬昔教三德，法身本有，般若修成，入無餘已，方是解脫，無復身智。如竪點水，縱而相離。又約身約智，分得有餘解脫。橫一時有，三法各異，如橫烈火，各不相關。新伊者，譬今教三德。法身即照，亦即自在。名一為三，三無別體，故不是橫。非前非後，故是非縱。一即三，如大點；三即一，如細畫。而三而一，而一而三。不可一三說，不可一三思，故名不可思議。不可思議者，即非三非一，名祕密藏，如世伊字。」谷響云：「西方字有新舊，亦猶此土之篆隷也，莫不以篆為舊，以隷為新。」 > Zhang'an's commentary states: "As for the character 'i', foreign countries have both old and new forms of 'i'. The old 'i' has its horizontal and vertical \[dots\] severed and separated, and this is borrowed to illustrate that. Horizontally it is like a blazing fire (灬); vertically it is like drops of water (氵), each not connecting with the others. Not horizontal, it is not the same as a blazing fire; not vertical, it is not the same as drops of water. It should resemble the shape of the character beneath the grass radical in this land. With fine strokes connected, this is the form of the new 'i'. The old 'i' may illustrate the three virtues of the former teachings: the dharmakāya is fundamentally possessed, prajñā is completed through cultivation, and only upon entering into \[nirvāṇa\] without remainder is there liberation, leaving no further body or wisdom. Like vertical drops of water, they are longitudinal and separate. Furthermore, in terms of body and wisdom, liberation with remainder is attained in part. Horizontally existing at one time, the three phenomena are distinct, like the horizontal blazing fire, not interrelated with one another. The new 'i' illustrates the three virtues of the present teachings: the dharmakāya is itself illumination, and it is also itself sovereignty. One is designated as three, yet the three have no separate essence; hence it is not horizontal. It is neither before nor after; hence it is not vertical. One is three, like the large dot; three are one, like the fine strokes. They are three yet one, one yet three. They cannot be spoken of as one or three, nor can they be conceived as one or three; therefore they are called inconceivable. What is inconceivable is neither three nor one; it is called the secret treasury, like the worldly character 'i'." The Guxiang says: "Characters in the west have old and new forms, just like the seal script and clerical script of this land, where seal script is universally regarded as old, and clerical script as new." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.6.7) - [Next: 6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.6.9) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131~en-mt.6.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.6.8) · Pramāṇa