táotài
天台所立五時教之說,以第四時之般若經為淘汰教,說諸法皆空之理遣蕩一切之執情也。四教儀集註上曰:「以空慧水蕩其執情,故曰淘汰。」
The fourth of the five periods of Buddha's teaching, according to Tiantai, i.e. the sweeping away of false ideas, produced by appearance, with the doctrine of the void, or the reality behind the seeming.
to weed out
一淘汰 天台所立五時教之說,以第四時般若經為淘汰教,說諸法皆空之理,以遣蕩一切執情。因小乘人在方等會上受到種種彈劾,雖心慕大乘,但執情未消,不敢直下承當,所以佛陀不得不在般若會上,淘汰、揚棄、遣除遺執,使之轉入中道實相之門,為法華會上授記作佛的前提。〔天台四教儀〕p5890
淘汰 上(徒刀切),擇也。下(它蓋切),過也。