法華玄義釋籤 11.6

11.6

大章第四明功用，中二：先釋名，次「理雖」下正釋。釋中二：先凡位功用，次聖位功用。初文又二：初略明外凡內凡位，次「涅槃」下寄此通辨四依位。四依位者，以此四人並能化他，故以此位釋於因人功用，若論今文應遍因果。四依義具如《大經》第六委釋。於中四：先略述經意，次「人師」下明舊判失旨，三「地前」下且依古人出別判位，四「若推圓」下今家準別及於始終以立圓位。

The fourth major section explains functional capacity, in which there are two parts: first, explaining the name; second, from "Although principle" onward, directly explaining [it]. In the explanation there are two parts: first, the functional capacity of ordinary stages; second, the functional capacity of noble stages. In the first text there are again two parts: first, briefly explaining the outer ordinary and inner ordinary stages; second, from "Nirvāṇa" onward, relying on this to explain comprehensively the stages of the four refuges. As for the stages of the four refuges: because these four persons are all able to transform others, these stages are used to explain the functional capacity of persons on the causal level; if discussed according to the present text, it should span cause and effect. The meaning of the four refuges is fully and exhaustively explained as in the sixth [fascicle] of the Great Sūtra. Within this there are four parts: first, briefly recounting the sūtra's intent; second, from "The masters" onward, clarifying the failure of the old classifications to grasp the purport; third, from "Before the bhūmis" onward, provisionally following the ancients to set forth the classification of stages in the Separate [Teaching]; fourth, from "If we deduce the Perfect" onward, our school sets up the stages of the Perfect [Teaching] based on the Separate [Teaching] and spanning beginning to end.