Visuddhimagga XV-29

Hīnamajjhimapaṇītadhātuyo aṭṭhārasa dhātumattameva.

「劣界、中界、胜界」只是十八界而已。

Ñ(XV,29): The inferior, medium, and superior elements are the eighteen elements themselves;

Hīnā hi cakkhādayo hīnā dhātu, majjhimapaṇītā majjhimā ceva paṇītā ca.

因为劣的眼等为劣界，中、胜的眼等为中界及胜界。

Ñ: for inferior eyes, etc., are the inferior element, and medium and superior eyes, etc., are the medium and superior elements.

Nippariyāyena pana akusalā dhammadhātumanoviññāṇadhātuyo hīnadhātu,

总而言之：不善之法界及意识界为劣界；

Ñ: But literally speaking, the unprofitable mental-data element and mind-consciousness element are the inferior element;

lokiyā kusalābyākatā ubhopi cakkhudhātuādayo ca majjhimadhātu,

世间的善及无记的眼界等同为中界；

Ñ: both these elements, when mundane profitable or mundane indeterminate, and the eye element, etc., are the medium element;

lokuttarā pana dhammadhātumanoviññāṇadhātuyo paṇītadhātu.

出世间的法界及意识界为胜界。

Ñ: but the supramundane mental-data element and mind-consciousness element are the superior element.