法華玄義釋籤 8.20

8.20

初通途文為四：初先敘意，意在略舉知其大綱；次「釋論」下正釋；三「行雖」下明不思議相導相發等；四「若得此」下結歎。初二文者，但可以列數，不可以名具。第三文中云「針導線」者，《大論》三十三文。「御導牛」者，《大論》二十文。謂得前意，以不思議智，顯不思議行，至不思議理，故後文云「智如導主」等，但約不思議異前耳。

The first section in general terms has four parts: first, relating the intention, which aims at a brief presentation to make the general outline known; second, the direct explanation below 'The commentary...'; third, clarifying inconceivable mutual guidance, mutual generation, and so forth below 'Although practice...'; fourth, concluding with praise below 'If one attains this...'. The first two passages can only enumerate numbers, not be called 'complete.' In the third passage, 'the needle guides the thread' is a passage from fascicle thirty-three of the Da zhidu lun. 'The driver guides the ox' is a passage from fascicle twenty of the Da zhidu lun. This means that, having grasped the preceding intention, one uses inconceivable wisdom to reveal inconceivable practice and reach the inconceivable principle; therefore, the subsequent text says 'wisdom is like the caravan leader,' and so on, which differs from the preceding merely by relying on the inconceivable.