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《大品》等教正明大乘傍及小乘，故正顯真實；三藏之教正明小乘傍及佛乘，故不正顯真實。又大品教具足顯了說佛乘，故正顯真實；三藏之教雖明佛乘猶是隱覆之說，故不正顯真實。何以知然？如三藏教明王宮實生、雙林實滅，從凡得聖樹王成佛，故《法花》云「長者脫珍御服著弊垢衣，以是方便得近其子」，此是說三藏教中佛明是方便，故知明小教雖明佛乘為勝，猶未顯真實。此傍正四門，三句屬菩薩藏，正閉方便正隱真實屬聲聞藏。餘經當教明義唯有一門，《法華》結會始終具足四句，此皆一途依〈信解品〉大判為言，眾經更異文，亦有別餘義也。

Teachings such as the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā primarily elucidate the Mahāyāna and secondarily touch upon the Hīnayāna, hence they primarily manifest the real; the teaching of the Tripiṭaka primarily elucidates the Hīnayāna and secondarily touches upon the buddha-vehicle, hence it does not primarily manifest the real. Furthermore, the teaching of the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā fully and explicitly speaks of the buddha-vehicle, hence it primarily manifests the real; though the teaching of the Tripiṭaka elucidates the buddha-vehicle, it is still a concealed teaching, hence it does not primarily manifest the real. How is this known to be so? As the Tripiṭaka teaching elucidates actual birth in the royal palace and actual extinction in the twin śāla grove, and attaining sagehood from an ordinary person to become a buddha under the king of trees, the Lotus Sūtra therefore says, 'The elder took off his precious necklaces and robes and put on ragged, soiled garments, using this upāya to be able to approach his son.' This is saying that the Buddha in the Tripiṭaka teaching is clearly an upāya; hence we know that although the small teaching elucidates the buddha-vehicle as superior, it has not yet manifested the real. Of these four gateways of secondary and primary, three propositions belong to the Bodhisattvapiṭaka, and primarily closing the expedient and primarily concealing the real belongs to the Śrāvakapiṭaka. Other sūtras, in clarifying their meaning according to their respective teachings, have only a single gateway; the Lotus Sūtra concludes and unites beginning and end, fully possessing all four propositions. These are all a broad judgment made in one general way according to the chapter on 'Faith and Understanding'; the various sūtras have further different texts, and also have other distinct meanings.