中邊分別論  The Zhongbian fenbie lun; abbreviated as Zhongbian lun 中邊論 and also known as the Bian zhongbian lun 辯中邊論: the Madhyānta-vibhāga (Analysis of the Middle and the Extremes). A seminal Yogācāra text that is traditionally said to be a writing of Maitreya 彌勒 with Vasubandhu's commentary, but is considered by scholars to more likely be the joint effort of Asaṅga 無著 and Vasubandhu 世親. The special focus of this text is on the Yogācāra articulation of the meaning of mistaken discrimination 虚妄分別 vs. the meaning of emptiness of inherent nature 空性, with the aim of breaking attachment to extreme notions of emptiness 有 and existence 無. There are two Chinese translations: (1) Three fascicle translation by Xuanzang (T 1600.31.464-477). (2) Two fascicle translation by Paramārtha 眞諦 (T 1599.31.451a-463)

梵名 Madhyānta-vibhāga-tīkā。凡二卷。收於大正藏第三十一冊。本論偈頌部分係彌勒（梵 Maitreya，四世紀後半）所作；長行（散文）部分則為世親（梵 Vasubandhu，五世紀）所著。南朝陳武帝永定二年（558）真諦（梵 Paramārtha，546～569 年在中國）譯出，與玄奘譯之「辯中邊論」（三卷，亦收於大正藏第三十一冊）為同本異譯。 
　彌勒為瑜伽行派及唯識學派之開祖，本書即其五部論之一。所謂「中」，指大乘根本思想之中道；所謂「邊」，有相互對立、極端觀念之意；此即離兩極端之對立而回歸於中道之意。所謂「分別」，即分別種種立場以把握教義之概念。本論計有相品、障品、真實品、對治修住品、修住品、得果品、無上乘品等七品（七章）。梵文本及藏本將第四、五、六歸為一品，則全書為五品。本書於彌勒論書中，組織最稱緊密，敘述簡潔，思想豐富，係以大乘之立場含攝小乘佛教教義之概念。漢譯之註釋書有唐代窺基所著之「辯中邊論述記」，以及唐代新羅僧元曉所著之「中邊分別論疏」（四卷）等。