Since "the lives of man and beast are fundamentally equal," man and beast both have the nature of animals; man is like all living things--he kills life to eat.
既然「人與獸基本上生命相等」，人和獸一樣具有獸性，人自然也像萬物一樣，為了吃而殺生；而且，萬物既相等，除非吃了傷命，又豈有某一種可食，另一種就不能食用的道理？