[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法華經義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715) › 1.32 # 法華經義記 1.32 法華經義記 1.32 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.1.32) 問者言：「第一通序亦是別序。何以知然？故如王城之處得說此經、不得說《涅槃經》，𤘽尸城處得說《涅槃》、不聞說《法華》，如此流例，處所各別事義不同，豈非別序？」解釋者言：「不無此義。今所論者，諸經明住處，相與為證我聞不謬，故成通敘。言不無此義者，故如諸經同聞人，使有兩義，有通序義，是故通序中有。又有別序義，下別序中言『爾時世尊四眾圍繞』，四眾即是前同聞人。又如《涅槃經》中通序中與八十億比丘俱，下別序又言時八十億比丘俱，彼此兩經前出為證一時，後出為正說作序也。」 > The questioner asks: 'The first general preface is also a specific preface. How is this known? For example, the location of the City of Kings (Rājagṛha) allowed this scripture to be preached, but not the Nirvāṇa Sūtra; the location of the City of Kuśī\[nagara\] allowed the Nirvāṇa \[Sūtra\] to be preached, but one did not hear the Lotus Sūtra being preached. According to such analogous cases, the locations are distinct and their events and meanings differ. How could it not be a specific preface?' The explicator says: 'It is not without this meaning. What is discussed here is that the scriptures clarify the dwelling place in order to mutually witness that what I heard is not mistaken; thus it constitutes a general preface. In saying "it is not without this meaning": for instance, the co-hearers in the scriptures are endowed with two senses. There is the sense of the general preface; therefore it appears in the general preface. There is also the sense of the specific preface: below in the specific preface it says, "At that time the World-Honoured One was surrounded by the fourfold assembly"; the fourfold assembly is precisely the aforementioned co-hearers. Furthermore, as in the Nirvāṇa Sūtra, in the general preface he was together with eighty koṭis of monks, and below in the specific preface it again says that at that time he was together with eighty koṭis of monks. In both scriptures, the earlier appearance serves to witness that it was at one time, while the later appearance acts as a preface for the principal exposition.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.1.31) - [Next: 1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.1.33) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715~en-mt.1.32) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.1.32) · Pramāṇa