法華玄論 7.174

7.174

答：前已釋之，未盡者更序之。一者使就人為譬，人能指示是非，如教能詮理邪正；城以法為譬，但明止息耳。二者使人動而城靜，使動喻說教被緣，城靜取安隱無患也。三者使人喻教，一城譬理。四者使人有二，即四諦十二緣；城則唯一，兩智不殊、二涅槃無異也。

Answer: This was already explained earlier; what remains incomplete will now be further set forth: First, the emissary is an analogy based on a person, and a person can point out right and wrong, just as the teaching can express the principle of heterodoxy and orthodoxy; the city is an analogy based on phenomena/dharma, merely clarifying resting. Second, the emissary as a person moves, while the city is still; the emissary's motion illustrates that preaching the teaching reaches conditions, while the city's stillness captures peace, security, and freedom from harm. Third, the emissary as a person illustrates the teaching, while the single city illustrates the principle. Fourth, there are two emissaries, which are the four truths and the twelve conditions; the city is only one: the two wisdoms are not distinct, and the two nirvāṇas are not different.