法華經義記 7.16

English (machine translation) 7.16

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7.16

From "At that time, the sixteen princes all left home as youths" below is the second, clarifying that the princes at that time requested the Buddha to preach the Lotus Sūtra. Within this there are also three tiers: first, it clarifies that the sixteen princes left home for the sake of making the request; second, from "together addressed the Buddha, saying" below, directly requesting the Buddha to preach the Lotus Sūtra; third, "At that time, the wheel-turning sage king" below clarifies that the king's retinue also left home.

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法華經義記 — Classical Chinese