No. 462-A金剛般若經會解序
Preface to the Diamond Sutra Commentary
讀金剛一經，使人之意也消。蓋其理玄，其性離，其行無著，其相非相，以是四者，更相發明，宛轉反覆，卒歸於無我、人、眾、生、壽者而已矣。獨於勸持校量功德，每諄諄焉，即一經之大略也。乃知是般若無上密印，實俾人了悟性空，遣蕩相著。譬之如金剛，如火聚，如吹毛劒，如走盤珠，如捕風繫影，不可控摶，如是而已。世多誦習，而知者蓋寡。愚嘗慨斯文言微旨密，喻雖重而非贅，徵屢設而非煩，雖三論之作，彌復難曉，殆似郭象之為莊解也。於是取論以攷經，本經以證頌，論有苛甚者刪治之，義有缺如者附益之，合諸論以成一家之言，目曰會解，聊述管見，以求正云。噫！使直披其文，猶足以袪鄙吝而釋膠擾，況因解以得論，由論以了經，又豈特意消而已哉！
Reading the *Diamond Sutra* causes one’s worldly thinking to dissolve. Its principles are profound, its nature is detached, its practice is non-attached, and its appearances are not appearances. These four aspects illuminate one another, turning back and forth, ultimately returning to the absence of self, absence of person, absence of sentient being, and absence of life span—that is all. The sutra repeatedly urges us to uphold it, and diligently compares its merit, which is the main outline of the entire text. Thus we know this is the supreme secret seal of Prajna, truly enabling people to awaken to the emptiness of nature and to let go of attachment to forms and appearances. It is like a diamond, like a blazing fire, like a sword that can cut through a hair blown against its blade, like a pearl rolling on a plate, like chasing the wind or shadow grasping—impossible to hold—just like that. Many people recite it, but those who truly understand are few. I have often lamented that the words of this sutra are profound and its meaning subtle: its metaphors, though numerous, are not redundant; its examples, frequently presented, are not excessive. Even the efforts of the Three Treatise masters to explain it remain hard to grasp, much like Guo Xiang’s commentary on Zhuangzi. Therefore, I take these treatises to examine the sutra, use the sutra itself to verify its verses, delete and edit what is superfluous in the treatises, and supplement what is missing in meaning. Combining various treatises, I form my own interpretation, calling it the "Comprehensive Explanation." This is merely my humble opinion, offered for correction. Ah! Even just reading the text directly can remove stinginess and dissolve mental tangles—how much more so when we understand the treatises through the explanation, and the sutra through the treatises? Surely this will do more than merely dissolve our thoughts!
時嘉定辛未閏月望絕筆 栢庭善月 序
During the intercalary month of the Xīnwèi year (Jiādìng period, 1211), on the day of the full moon, I, Bǎitíng Shànyuè, set down my final words.