法華遊意 1.324

1.324

夫立教隱顯要鑪冶始終，今約一經大分四轍：一、䨱而不開，二、亦開亦覆，三、開而不䨱，四、不開不䨱。䨱而不開，初之一品，嘉瑞交興、妙輪將轉，而未弊二權，猶隱兩實，謂覆而不開。亦開亦覆者，始從〈方便品〉終竟〈法師品〉，但明乘權乘實，所謂亦開；猶隱身權身實，秤為亦䨱，故三千墨點始開結緣之始，十六數猶掩成佛之初。開而不䨱者，即後分經也，俱廢二權、雙顯兩實，則教無纖隱、理無豪翳，致有十二深益、八種嘉瑞。不開不䨱者，夫借一以破三、三除而一捨，假脩以斥短、短息而脩忘，故言窮慮絕，何實何權？本性寂滅，孰開孰䨱？理超言外，強秤妙法，道玄像表，假喻蓮花。

In establishing teachings, the concealed and the explicit must be forged from beginning to end. Now, dividing this one sūtra broadly, there are four tracks: first, concealed and not revealed; second, both revealed and concealed; third, revealed and not concealed; fourth, neither revealed nor concealed. 'Concealed and not revealed' refers to the first chapter: auspicious omens arose together and the wondrous wheel was about to turn, yet the two expedients had not been abolished and the two realities were still concealed; this is called concealed and not revealed. 'Both revealed and concealed' refers to the section starting from the 'Expedient Chapter' through the 'Dharma Teacher Chapter': it only clarifies the expedient of the vehicle and the reality of the vehicle, which is called 'revealed'; yet it still conceals the expedient of the body and the reality of the body, which is called 'concealed'. Thus the three thousand ink-drops begin to reveal the beginning of establishing affinity, while the count of sixteen still conceals the initial attainment of buddhahood. 'Revealed and not concealed' refers to the latter section of the sūtra: both of the two expedients are discarded and both of the two realities are displayed together; then the teaching has not the slightest concealment and the principle has not the finest obscurity, bringing about the twelve profound benefits and eight kinds of auspicious omens. 'Neither revealed nor concealed': borrowing the one to refute the three, when the three are removed the one is abandoned; using the long to criticize the short, when the short ceases the long is forgotten. Hence, words are exhausted and thoughts terminated: what is real and what is expedient? The original nature is tranquil and extinguished: what is revealed and what is concealed? The principle transcends words and is forced to be called the 'Wondrous Dharma'; the Dao is mysterious beyond forms and is provisionally analogized as the 'Lotus Blossom'.