妙法蓮華經玄義 9.121

9.121

應作兩種四句料簡：自有漸圓，自有圓漸，自有漸漸，自有圓圓。漸圓者，此約理外七種方便，同開佛知見，始見圓理。見圓理者，良由理外七種方便，漸入圓因，故言漸圓。漸圓三句（云云）。圓漸者，初入此圓，同觀三諦，見實相理，初後無殊，然而事中修行，未能盡備，復須研習，據初入圓，故名為圓。進修上行，復名為漸。漸漸者，從二住去至等覺，此是圓家漸漸，非理外漸漸。圓圓者，至妙覺亦名漸圓，亦名圓圓，圓理先圓，今復事圓，故言圓圓。復次，圓漸如初住，漸漸如二住已去至三十心，漸圓如初地已去，圓圓即妙覺也。

One should make two kinds of fourfold analysis: there is the gradual-perfect, there is the perfect-gradual, there is the gradual-gradual, and there is the perfect-perfect. The 'gradual-perfect' refers to the seven provisional stages outside the principle collectively opening the Buddha's knowledge and vision and beginning to see the perfect principle. Seeing the perfect principle genuinely comes about because of the seven provisional stages outside the principle gradually entering the perfect cause; hence it is called gradual-perfect. The [other] three propositions of the gradual-perfect are as discussed below. The 'perfect-gradual' is: when one first enters this perfection, one collectively contemplates the three truths and sees the principle of true reality, with no difference between beginning and end; however, in phenomenal practice, one is not yet fully equipped and must study and train further. In terms of first entering the perfect, it is called 'perfect'; advancing to cultivate higher practices is called 'gradual.' The 'gradual-gradual' is: from the second abode up to equal awakening, this is the gradual-gradual within the perfect family, not the gradual-gradual outside the principle. The 'perfect-perfect' is: reaching wondrous awakening is also called gradual-perfect, and also called perfect-perfect. The perfect principle was already perfect previously, and now phenomena are also perfected; hence it is called perfect-perfect. Furthermore, the perfect-gradual is like the first abode; the gradual-gradual is like from the second abode on up through the thirty minds; the gradual-perfect is like from the first ground onward; and the perfect-perfect is wondrous awakening itself.