法華義疏 1.46

1.46

序品文少又明義無雜，故但名序品。正說文長而明義廣，故廢通名從別義受稱，流通又然。就此三段各開兩章。序開二者：一、證信序，二、發起序。證信令未來眾生於經生信，發起假諸靈異發起正經，利於現在，以化沾兩世，故雙明二序也。正說二者：始從〈方便〉終竟〈法師品〉明乘方便、乘真實；次從〈見寶塔〉竟〈分別功德〉格量以來，明身方便、身真實。所以開此二者，乘謂所乘之法，身謂能乘之人，具此二門乘義乃足。

The text of the Introductory Chapter is brief and its explained meaning is unmixed, so it is simply named the Introductory Chapter. The text of the main teaching is long and its explained meaning is broad, so the general name is set aside and it receives designations according to specific meanings; dissemination is also like this. Within these three sections, each is divided into two parts. The introduction opens into two: first, the introduction proving faith; second, the initiating introduction. Proving faith causes future sentient beings to produce faith in the scripture; initiating utilizes various miraculous wonders to initiate the main scripture, benefiting the present; because transformation touches both periods, both introductions are explained. The main teaching has two: starting from the Expedient Means [Chapter] and ending with the Dharma Master Chapter explains the upāya of the vehicle and the reality of the vehicle; next, from the Apparition of the Jeweled Stūpa to the evaluation of merit in the Distinction of Merits [Chapter] explains the upāya of the body and the reality of the body. Why are these two opened? The vehicle refers to the Dharma that is ridden; the body refers to the person who is able to ride it. Possessing these two gates, the meaning of the vehicle is then complete.