法華玄義釋籤 1.54

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初言「夫」者，發語之端。「理絕」等者，既開顯已絕偏圓名，為形華嚴方等般若偏圓對明，往結法華絕待之緣，今寄圓珠而譚絕理。「極非」等者。然一極至理，非凡小之近、非佛果之遠，託五百由旬，引化城之近，說寶渚之遠。「極會」等者，凡譚圓說遠為接近廢偏，若冥真契極事理寂然，化周為事寂，顯實為理寂。又寄圓珠以顯理，冥其理故為理寂。託寶所為譚事，會其事故為事寂。此之二解義意大同。寶渚本為廢於化城，化城若廢名化儀畢。衣珠本譬昔聞實相，實相若顯名契寂理，此明中間已入實者。

The initial word "Now" is an opening particle. In "the principle transcends" and so forth: having already opened and revealed, it transcends the names of biased and perfect. In order to compare and contrast with the Avataṃsaka, Vaipulya, and Prajñā, where the biased and perfect were illuminated against each other, they formerly formed the conditions for the non-dual Lotus Sūtra; now, it relies on the perfect jewel to discuss the transcendent principle. In "the ultimate is neither" and so forth: however, the one ultimate principle is neither the proximity of ordinary persons and the small, nor the distance of the Buddha fruit; relying on the five hundred yojanas, it brings forth the proximity of the conjured city and speaks of the distance of the treasure isle. In "the ultimate converges" and so forth: generally speaking, discussing the perfect and speaking of the distant is done in order to receive the proximate and abolish the biased; if one darkens to the real and tallies with the ultimate, both phenomena and principle become quiescent: the cycle of conversion being completed is the quiescence of phenomena; revealing the real is the quiescence of principle. Furthermore, it relies on the perfect jewel to reveal the principle, and darkening to its principle constitutes the quiescence of principle; it relies on the treasure place to discuss phenomena, and converging with its phenomena constitutes the quiescence of phenomena. The meanings of these two explanations are largely the same. The treasure isle was originally for the purpose of abolishing the conjured city; when the conjured city is abolished, it is called the completion of the ritual of conversion. The jewel in the garment originally symbolized hearing the true mark in the past; when the true mark is revealed, it is called tallying with the quiescent principle. This clarifies those who have already entered the real in the interim.