法華文句記 2.44

2.44

列尼眾中破舊解云「又復無文」等者，比丘眾末結云「如是眾所知識故可云多」，學無學文末無此結故，故望前多得云少耳。尼眾二文前無眾所知識之言，後無可望以之為少，故云無文。「義不可」者，比丘眾約歎德不歎德、列名不列名及數多少，并有結無結，以判多識少識。今尼眾中但標二眾主名，二人之後但云六千及亦與眷屬俱，並無結列，豈有六千為他所識、直云眷屬不為他識耶？尚不例上藏名隱德，豈得云少？「大小」者，舊呼大小名聞等，已如前破。又復「耶輸」此翻名聞，豈得却以為無名聞（云云）。二尼並闕約教者，準例合有，亦應約僧具有四教五味。

In listing the assembly of nuns, refuting the old interpretation, regarding “furthermore, there is no text” and so forth: at the end of the bhikṣu assembly, it concludes, “Thus they were known to the assembly, so they can be called ‘many’”; at the end of the text on trainees and beyond-training, there is no such conclusion, so looking back to the previous “many,” it can only be called “few.” In the two passages on the nun assembly, there are no words stating that they were known to the assembly beforehand, nor is there anything later against which they could be regarded as few; therefore it says there is no text. Regarding “the meaning is untenable”: the bhikṣu assembly is judged as having many or few acquaintances in terms of praising virtue or not praising virtue, listing names or not listing names, the size of numbers, and having a conclusion or lacking a conclusion. Now in the nun assembly, it only designates the names of the leaders of the two assemblies; after the two persons, it merely says “six thousand” and “also accompanied by their retinues,” completely lacking any concluding listing. How could it be that the six thousand were known to others, while simply saying “retinues” means they were not known to others? It does not even parallel the concealing of names and hiding of virtues above; how could it be called “few”? Regarding “major and minor”: the old calling them major and minor fame and so forth has already been refuted above. Furthermore, “Yaśodharā” is translated here as “having fame”; how could one conversely take her as having no fame? (and so forth). Both nuns lack the treatment in terms of teachings; according to the pattern, it should be present, and in terms of the saṃgha, it should also fully possess the four teachings and five flavors.