法華義疏 10.97

10.97

「佛說是時」下，第二、明近緣由。就文亦二：一者、通明諸菩薩涌出；第二、別明四大士問訊。所以有此二章者，初明涌出開能化壽量，即是教門；四大士問訊明眾生易度，謂所化信受，即久已成佛、眾生久已信受，此二是緣教感應，宜分二章也。

From "When the Buddha said this..." onward is the second part: explaining the proximate cause and conditions. In the text there are also two parts: first, explaining generally the emerging of all the bodhisattvas; second, explaining specifically the inquiries of the four great beings. The reason there are these two sections is that the first explains the emergence to disclose the lifespan of the one who transforms, which is the teaching gate; the inquiries of the four great beings explain that sentient beings are easy to save, meaning that those who are transformed have faith and accept it—that is, having attained buddhahood long ago, sentient beings have long since had faith and accepted it. These two represent the sympathetic resonance between conditions and teaching, so it is appropriate to divide them into two sections.