妙法蓮華經玄贊 10.28

10.28

贊曰：下福慧莊嚴。利根，智慧也，餘皆是福攝。福中有五：一聲相，二口相，三鼻相，四面相，五眾相。百千萬世通下諸果。口相有五：一氣，二舌，三齦齶等無病，四齒無六惡，五唇無十惡。「不褰縮」者，「褰」舉也，「縮」短也，或作「莤」字。「不麁澁」者，有細潤也。「不瘡胗」，「胗」音居忍反，唇上瘡謂之胗；又之忍反。今從初。有作「緊」，緊縵，非瘡胗也。「不喎」者，口不戾也。「喎」音苦蛙反。

Commentary: Below is adornment with merit and wisdom. Sharp faculties refer to wisdom; the rest are all subsumed under merit. Within merit there are five: (1) vocal characteristics, (2) oral characteristics, (3) nasal characteristics, (4) facial characteristics, and (5) aggregate characteristics. “For hundreds of thousands of myriads of generations” applies to all the subsequent fruits below. Oral characteristics have five: (1) breath, (2) tongue, (3) freedom from diseases of the gums, palate, and so forth, (4) teeth free from the six evils, and (5) lips free from the ten evils. “Not drawn up or shriveled” (bu qiansuo): qian means raised up, suo means shortened; it is also written with the character su. “Not coarse or rough”: having fineness and moisture. “Free from sores and pustules”: zhen is pronounced ju-ren in fanqie; sores on the lips are called zhen; another pronunciation is zhi-ren. Here we follow the former. Some write it as jin, meaning tight and tense, not sores or pustules. “Not crooked” (bu wai): the mouth is not distorted. Wai is pronounced ku-wa in fanqie.