法華文句記 5.22

5.22

融通者，為借別故，故須融通。於中為四：初正融通，即無復淺深，次「但如理」下明淺深所以，三引證中先引、次釋，四舉譬中有開有合。先開中云「朔望」者，朔明也，謂月初明。望謂相望，即圓滿時日月相望。月非朔望，寄於朔望則有虧盈，合文可見。言「云云」者，須引《大經》月愛喻也。

As for harmonization: because of borrowing the separate [teaching], harmonization is required. In it there are four parts: first, the direct harmonization, which means there are no longer shallow and deep; next, from "merely conforming to principle" downward, clarifies the reason for shallow and deep; third, in adducing proofs, first citing and next explaining; fourth, in adducing the simile, there are opening and joining. First, in opening, when it says "the new moon and the full moon," "the new moon" means illumination, referring to the moon's initial illumination. "The full moon" refers to facing each other, that is, when full, the sun and the moon face each other. The moon is not the new or full moon; by relying on the new and full moon there is waning and waxing, which is evident in joining the text. Where it says "and so on," one should cite the moon-love simile of the Great Sūtra.