nìyù
謂由果推因,由末究本之喻法。例如大海有本謂大河,大河有本謂小河,小河有本謂大池等。八喻法之一。見涅槃經二十九,三藏法數三十二。
Argument by illustration from effect to cause, e.g. the source of the ocean is the river, of the river the streams, of these the ponds.
oxymoron
一逆喻 八種喻法之一。係以果推因,由末究本之譬喻法。如謂大海之水乃來自大河,大河之水來自小河,小河之水來自溝瀆,溝瀆之水則因大雨而來。〔北本大般涅槃經卷二十九〕(參閱「譬喻」8515)p5466