法華義疏 9.179

9.179

偈為三：初、一行，總標獎勸；第二、十五行半偈，正頌長行；第三、兩偈，結歎說法之人。就第二中頌上長行三段即為三：初四行，頌歎法。上歎法有五，今但頌第四寄行稱歎。上長行寄行歎有四：法、譬、合、釋；今但頌譬、合二事也。「決了聲聞法」者，昔未開權顯實則未知聲聞非是究竟，今開權顯實定知聲聞非是至極，乃是入大乘之方便耳。言經王者，此經於今昔權實開合自在故稱為王；又獨一無二亦是王義也。「若人說此經」下，第二、四行半，頌弘經方法。「若我滅度後」下七偈，頌第三、感於靈瑞。上文有四，今開為五，但不次第。初三行頌第一遣化眾，次一行半頌第三見佛身，次半行頌第四還得憶法，次一行重頌第三得見佛身，次一行頌第二遣實眾也。

The verses have three parts: first, one verse, generally presenting encouragement and exhortation; second, fifteen and a half verses, properly versifying the prose; third, two verses, concluding with praise of the person who preaches the Dharma. Within the second part, versifying the three sections of the prose above, there are three: the first four verses versify praising the Dharma. Above, praising the Dharma had five parts; here it only versifies the fourth, praising by reference to practice. Above in the prose, praising with reference to practice had four: Dharma, parable, application, explanation; here it only versifies the two matters of the parable and application. "Decisively comprehending the śrāvaka Dharma": formerly, not having opened the provisional and revealed the real, one did not know that the śrāvaka [vehicle] was not ultimate; now, having opened the provisional and revealed the real, one definitely knows that the śrāvaka [vehicle] is not the ultimate, but merely an expedient means for entering the Mahāyāna. Speaking of the king of sūtras: because this sūtra is sovereign in opening and uniting the provisional and real of the present and the past, it is called a king; furthermore, being uniquely one without a second is also the meaning of king. From "If a person preaches this sūtra" onward, the second, four and a half verses, versify the method of propagating the sūtra. From "If after my extinction" onward, seven verses, versify the third, evoking wondrous omens. The text above had four, but now it is expanded into five, though not in order. The first three verses versify the first, dispatching transformed assemblies; the next one and a half verses versify the third, seeing the Buddha's body; the next half verse versifies the fourth, regaining memory of the Dharma; the next one verse repeatedly versifies the third, getting to see the Buddha's body; the next one verse versifies the second, dispatching real assemblies.