吉藏的二諦與三諦思想釐清 ：評釋貫藏〈吉藏的二諦與三諦的內在關聯〉=The Clarification of the Two Truths and the Three Truths in Chi-Tsang's Thoughts: Comments on “The Correlation Between Chi-Tsang's Two Truths and Three Truths” by Shi, Guan-Tsang
吉藏=Chi-Tsang; 二諦=Two truths; 三諦=Three truth; 非有非無中道第一義諦=Neither existence nor non-existence of the Middle Path of the truth of supreme meaning; 第三諦=The third truth
Chi-Tsang inherited Hsing-Huang Fa-Long’s thought and proposed the theory of “two truths as an instruction, not the principle of objective realm.” What kind of picture did it provide on this theory? Why did Chi-Tsang frequently indicate the concept of “middle path as the substance of two truths” in his commentaries? Is there any correlation among this concept and the concepts of “middle path as the primary, two truths as the secondary” and “principle as the mainstream and instruction as the minority” in the preachings of Ta Cheng Hsuan Lun? Whether at all “two truths” and “three truths” proposings are only the comparisons of differences between quotations of “three truths incorporated into two truths” and “two truths elaborating with three truths,” the difference between specific and elaborative interpretation of “principle and instruction concerning three truths” or the difference between “function” and “substance”? This article starts with an investigation on these questions by using the method of “knocking off a wooden nail with a small one” and Chi-Tsang’s “four levels of two truths.” Besides, in the process of discussion and clarification, this author uses “Chi-Tsang’s own words to analyze Chi-Tsang’s concept” and attempts to prove this discussion by taking quotations, descriptions, justifications and clarifications of “two truths” and “three truths.”
