法華義疏 8.321

8.321

言文證者，《智度論》釋〈聞持品〉云「度四百由旬，即知去城邑不遠」。龍樹釋云：「三百譬三界，四百譬二乘」，但《大品》合二乘為一百，此經開為二百，開合不同，義無異也。又《大品》未廢二乘、此經始廢，以此為異；俱是惡道，兩教不殊。又此經合譬中自明三界為三百、二乘為二百，諸經義師不觀文意而橫有異釋也。

As for textual evidence, the Zhidu lun explaining the "Retention Chapter" says: "Crossing four hundred yojanas, one then knows one is not far from the city." Nāgārjuna explains: "Three hundred exemplifies the three realms; four hundred exemplifies the two vehicles." It is only that the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra combines the two vehicles as one hundred, whereas this sūtra divides them into two hundred; the division and combination differ, but the doctrinal sense has no distinction. Furthermore, the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra had not yet discarded the two vehicles, whereas this sūtra only now discards them—this constitutes the difference; yet both are perilous paths, and the two teachings do not differ [on this point]. Moreover, this sūtra's matching of the parable explicitly clarifies that the three realms are three hundred and the two vehicles are two hundred; the commentators on various sūtras failed to observe the textual meaning and arbitrarily made divergent interpretations.