Visuddhimagga XIV-76

449. Puna diṭṭhādirūparūpādivatthādicatukkavasena catubbidhaṃ.

（四法）更就（色的）见等，色色等，依处等的四法为四种。

Ñ(XIV,76): Again, it is of four kinds as seen, etc., as concrete matter, etc., and as the physical basis tetrads, and so on.

Tattha rūpāyatanaṃ diṭṭhaṃ nāma dassanavisayattā,

此中：（一）色处是所见之境，故为可「见」的；

Ñ: Herein, the visible-data base is seen because it is the objective field of seeing.

saddāyatanaṃ sutaṃ nāma savanavisayattā,

声处是所闻之境，故为可「闻」的；

Ñ: The sound base is heard because it is the objective field of hearing.

gandharasaphoṭṭhabbattayaṃ mutaṃ nāma sampattagāhakaindriyavisayattā,

香、味、触处是要等接触之后而取的根的境，故为可「觉」的；

Ñ: The three, that is to say, odours, flavours, and tangible data, are sensed (lit. contacted) because they are the objective fields of faculties that take contiguous [objective fields].

sesaṃ viññātaṃ nāma viññāṇasseva visayattāti

其它的是识的境，故为可「识」的。

Ñ: The rest are cognized because they are the objective field of consciousness (cognition) only.

evaṃ tāva diṭṭhādicatukkavasena catubbidhaṃ.

如是依见等四法为四种。

Ñ: So firstly it is of four kinds according to the seen, etc., tetrad.