法華義疏 7.147

7.147

就文亦四：一、照機；二、隱本垂迹；三、說教門；四者、明得益。此四即是次第。「又以他日」者，前是思惟不堪受大教、堪受小教時，今是思惟不堪見本身、堪見迹身，故云他日也。「於窓牖中」者，長者隱大處而於小處見子，如不得用實智照小機而用權智照也。「遙見其子」者，見子去理遠，故名之為遙。又爾時猶居本身未垂應迹，去感尚遠稱為遙見，故下隱本垂迹得近其子也。「羸瘦憔悴糞土塵坌污穢不淨」者，出所照之機也。上明見其不堪受大教、堪受小教，今照不堪見本身機、堪見迹身機。無大乘之解為羸瘦，無大乘之行如憔悴。有凡夫二乘，諸結使未除、垢障所染，如糞土塵坌污穢不淨。

Following the text, there are also four [parts]: first, discerning the capacity; second, concealing the fundamental and manifesting the trace; third, expounding the teaching; fourth, explaining the attainment of benefit. These four are the sequential order. 'Again on another day': previously was when he reflected that [the son] was incapable of receiving the great teaching and capable of receiving the lesser teaching; now is when he reflects that [the son] is incapable of seeing the fundamental body and capable of seeing the trace body, hence it says 'on another day'. 'Through a window': the elder conceals the great place and sees his son from a small place, just as one cannot use real wisdom to illuminate lesser capacities but uses expedient wisdom to illuminate them. 'Saw his son from afar': he saw that the son was far from the principle, hence it is termed 'from afar'. Furthermore, at that time he still dwelt in the fundamental body and had not yet manifested the responsive trace; being still far from the resonance [of the son] is termed 'seeing from afar'. Hence below, by concealing the fundamental and manifesting the trace, he was able to draw close to his son. 'Emaciated, haggard, smeared and defiled with dung and dust, and impure': this brings out the capacity being illuminated. Above, it explained seeing that he was incapable of receiving the great teaching and capable of receiving the lesser teaching; now, it illuminates the capacity of being incapable of seeing the fundamental body and capable of seeing the trace body. Lacking Mahāyāna understanding is 'emaciated'; lacking Mahāyāna practice is like 'haggard'. There are the common mortals and the two vehicles: whose fetters have not yet been eliminated and who are defiled by the obstacles of afflictions, which is like 'smeared and defiled with dung and dust, and impure'.