法華義疏 11.208

11.208

「若復有人」下，第二段，次明歎教。又開二別：初、總歎一部經；二、別歎一品。總歎一經又四：一、格量歎；二、就教歎；三、滅惡歎；四、生善歎。「譬如」下，第二、歎教。凡舉十譬，始自山海、終至諸佛，自下之上，十譬不同，亦得合為五雙：初、山海；二、日月；三、天人；四、凡聖；五、佛菩薩。「此經能救」下，第三、約人就滅惡門歎。「若人得聞」下，第四、生善歎也。

From 'If, furthermore, there is a person' onward is the second section, which next explains the praise of the teaching. This again opens into two parts: first, praising the entire sūtra as a whole; second, specifically praising this one chapter. Praising the entire sūtra as a whole also has four parts: first, praise by comparative assessment; second, praise with respect to the teaching; third, praise by eradication of evil; fourth, praise by generation of good. From 'Just as' onward is the second, praise of the teaching. In all, it presents ten similes, beginning with mountains and oceans and ending with the Buddhas, ascending from lower to higher. Although the ten similes differ, they can also be combined into five pairs: first, mountains and oceans; second, sun and moon; third, devas and humans; fourth, ordinary beings and sages; fifth, Buddhas and bodhisattvas. From 'This sūtra can save' onward is the third, praise in terms of persons with respect to the gateway of eradicating evil. From 'If a person can hear' onward is the fourth, praise by generation of good.