論疏作釋
Commentaries and Expositions
問。論疏題目。當作何釋。
Question: How should we explain the title of this treatise or commentary?
答。若成目能成。成屬論字。唯識之成。或成唯識之論。作依主釋。或論體之上。有能成之用。以用隨體。成即是論。作持業釋。若成目所成。成屬唯識。唯識即成。或所成即唯識。作持業釋。
Answer. If "Achievement" (成) refers to the means of accomplishment, it belongs to the word "Treatise" (論). "The Achievement of Consciousness-Only" (唯識之成) or "The Treatise on the Achievement of Consciousness-Only" (成唯識之論) is explained as a Dependent-Master Compound (依主釋). Alternatively, if the Treatise itself has the function of accomplishment, then the function follows the substance; "Achievement" (成) is then identical to "Treatise" (論), forming a Descriptive Compound (持業釋). If "Achievement" refers to the object of accomplishment, it belongs to "Consciousness-Only" (唯識); "Consciousness-Only" is itself the achievement (唯識即成), or the object of accomplishment is "Consciousness-Only," forming a Descriptive Compound.
問。論字唯能。唯識唯所。論有本末。何論能成。
Question: The word "treatise" only pertains to capability, while "consciousness-only" pertains to objects. Treatises have fundamental and derivative aspects; what treatise enables this realization?
答。本末皆能。若本論為能成。佛經唯識為所成。若末論為能成。本論唯識為所成。
Answer. Both the fundamental and the derivative can serve as the means of completion. If the fundamental treatise is the means, then the Buddhist scriptures on Consciousness-Only are what is completed. If the derivative treatise is the means, then the fundamental treatise on Consciousness-Only is what is completed.
問。能成所成皆有教理。此當何句。
答。當以教成理之句。
Answer. One should use the teachings to complete the truth.
何以故。
Why is that?
答。論是其教。唯識是理故。
問。疏論相望。作釋如何。
答。是成唯識論之述記。述記之卷第一卷之第一。