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淨名經集解關中疏 1.280

淨名經集解關中疏 1.280

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是身無人為如水 水性隨物妄計為人。肇曰。貴於萬物而始終不改。謂之人。而外水善利。萬形方圓隨物窪隆異。遍而體無定。若體無定則水無人也。外水既無人。內水類可知。

"This body has no person, being like water." The nature of water conforms to things, and people falsely grasp it as a person. Sengzhao states: "Being exalted among all things and unchanging from beginning to end is what is meant by 'person.' Yet external water benefits myriad forms; it is square or round according to objects, and varies according to depressions and elevations, having no fixed form of its own. If its form is not fixed, then water has no person. Since external water has no person, internal water can be known by analogy."

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