支遁即色义重探

A New Inquiry to Theory of Ji-se of Zhi-dun

支遁即色义作为一种对空的理解，本质上是缘起性空的思想，并非如后世所言的显然对空理解有偏差。从内涵上来说，即色义包含两方面：一是“即色本无”，即色义本质上也是一种本无思想，即将空理解为彻底的无。二是“即色游玄”，体现了一种“至人”的逍遥的境界。这两方面在《大小品对比要抄序》中皆有体现。

Theory of Ji-se (thus form) of Zhi-dun as a kind of understanding to emptiness (śūnyatā), is still the theory of dependent origination and the emptiness of nature from Indian Mādhyamika school. This understanding should not be understand as wrong understanding to śūnyatā from of interpreting pattern sinolization of Buddhism. Theory of Ji-se embraces two aspects: one aspect is “form is empty thus it is completely not exist”. That is to say, Theory of Ji-se is a kind of Ben-wu (completely not exist), and it understand emptiness as completely not exist. Another aspect is “thus form to wander in darkness”which implies a kind of spiritual sphere of saint who can wander in absolute freedom as described in the Book of Chuang-tzu. Although this two aspects can’t be specified very detailed, still many contents can be found in Zhi-dun’s extant article named Preface to Extraction from Comparison between two Chinese translation of mahāprajñāparamitā-sūtra (Da-xiao-pin-dui-bi-yao-chao-xu).