法華文句記 5.49

5.49

答中云「此就四教」者，以方等、般若中聞大小者是也。既其於彼不能得入，待至二酥望前為鈍，但以待時名為鈍耳。望前雖鈍於此得入自判利鈍，於四門中以後後門勝前前故，故四門中以第四門移著前者，欲對四根勝者居首，當知此中大小與前兩四句中大小不殊，初四句中中間二句，別在淨土，今皆此土。

When the answer says, 'This is according to the four teachings,' it refers to those who hear the great and the small within the vaipulya and prajñā [teachings]. Since they could not gain entry there and had to wait until the two curds, relative to the earlier they are dull, but they are called dull merely because they had to wait for the time. Although dull relative to the earlier, upon gaining entry here their sharpness and dullness are naturally distinguished. Among the four gates, because the latter gates are superior to the former gates, the fourth gate among the four gates is moved to the front because, to match the four faculties, the superior one is placed first. One should know that the great and the small here are no different from the great and the small in the previous two sets of four propositions. In the first four propositions, the middle two propositions specifically pertained to the Pure Land; now all pertain to this land.