妙法蓮華經玄義 8.8

8.8

四、含繩墨者，佛以四悉檀說。初聞世界，裁愛見之邪教，不為邪風倒惑，得入正轍，即教繩墨也。若聞為人、對治，遠離非道，入好正濟道品之路，即行繩墨也。若聞第一義，裁愛見此岸，得至彼岸，不保生死亦不住無為，即義繩墨。束此為法門者，教裁邪即是正語；行裁邪即正業、正精進、正念、正定等；義裁邪即正見、正思惟等。繩墨已自多含，故不可翻。

Fourth, it contains "marking-line": the Buddha spoke using the four siddhāntas. First hearing the mundane, it trims away the false teachings of craving and views, so that one is not confused by inverted evil winds and can enter the correct track; this is the marking-line of teaching. If one hears the individual and counteractive [siddhāntas], one departs far from the non-path and enters the good and correct path of the factors of awakening; this is the marking-line of practice. If one hears the supreme truth, it trims away this shore of craving and views so that one can reach the other shore, neither preserving birth-and-death nor dwelling in the unconditioned; this is the marking-line of meaning. Grouping these as dharma gates: the teaching trimming away the false is right speech; practice trimming away the false is right action, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration, and so forth; meaning trimming away the false is right view, right thought, and so forth. Since "marking-line" already contains so much within itself, it cannot be translated.