法華玄論 1.105

1.105

答：有二種不知，一不知同、二不知異。不知同者，不知如來若形若教為開一道。不知異者，不知五乘眾生隨根成異。如草木不知一雲一雨謂不知同，不自知上中下差別謂不知異。今迦葉之流能知同異。今欲引歎中根之人述成其所領解，故說此經。

Answer: There are two kinds of non-knowing: first, not knowing the sameness; second, not knowing the difference. Not knowing the sameness means not knowing that the Tathāgata, whether in bodily form or in teaching, opens the single Way. Not knowing the difference means not knowing that sentient beings of the five vehicles develop differences according to their faculties. Just as herbs and trees not knowing the single cloud and single rain is called not knowing the sameness, and not knowing of themselves their differences of superior, middling, and inferior is called not knowing the difference. Now Kāśyapa and his peers are able to know both sameness and difference. Now, wishing to cite and praise people of middling capacity and validate what they have comprehended, he therefore preaches this sūtra.