金剛般若經贊述 2.231

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述曰，此釋也。初言「眾生」，謂凡夫眾生；又「眾生者」者，謂發菩提心修行眾生也。「如來說非眾生」者，謂非是闡提無佛性眾生；「眾生是名眾生」者，是發心眾生也。此上意云此經典生信心者，即是發心、修行、成佛眾生，非是無性眾生也。

The Commentary states: This is the explanation. The first "sentient beings" refers to ordinary sentient beings; furthermore, "sentient beings" refers to sentient beings who generate the bodhicitta and cultivate. "The Tathāgata says they are not sentient beings" means they are not icchantika sentient beings who lack the Buddha-nature. "Sentient beings, this is called sentient beings" refers to sentient beings who make the resolution. The overarching meaning here is that those who generate faith in this sūtra are precisely sentient beings who make the resolution, cultivate, and attain buddhahood; they are not sentient beings lacking the nature.