妙法蓮華經玄贊 10.365

10.365

贊曰：此十二頌正答名因。分九：一除火難。一除水難。二除山難。二除刀難。一除拘摯難。一除詛詈難，「呪」囑也，以善惡之辭相囑曰呪；「詛」阻也，使人行事阻限於言，有作「咀」，咀嚼也，非此義。如巧醫師初動其病後令痊癒，故初著本人後令發勝意。一除非人難。二除惡獸難。一除天災難。「雲雷鼓」，雷鼓西域呼為雲聲。「掣電」此方解云陰陽激耀。《釋名》云「掣，引也。電，殄也。」謂乍見即殄滅。關中名覢電，吳人謂䃱磾。上息念反，下大念反。「雹」者，鄭玄注《禮記》「陽為雨，陰氣脅之，凝而為雹。」

The Commentary says: These twelve verses directly answer the reason for the name. They are divided into nine: one on removing the peril of fire; one on removing the peril of water; two on removing the peril of mountains; two on removing the peril of blades; one on removing the peril of fetters; one on removing the peril of curses and maledictions—zhou means entrustment, using good or evil words to enjoin upon someone is called zhou; zu means obstruction, causing a person's conduct to be blocked and confined by words; some texts have [the character] ju, meaning chewing, which is not this meaning. Just as a skillful physician first stirs up the illness and afterwards cures it, so [the curse] first falls upon the original person and afterwards causes them to generate superior resolve; one on removing the peril of non-humans; two on removing the peril of ferocious beasts; one on removing the peril of natural disasters. 'Cloud-thunder drumming': thunder drums are called 'cloud-sound' in the Western Regions. 'Flashing lightning' is explained here as the clashing brilliance of yin and yang. The Shiming says: 'Che means to pull. Dian means to destroy.' It means that as soon as it is seen, it is destroyed. In Guanzhong it is called shandian; people of Wu call it chandi (the upper character is the fanqie xi+nian, the lower is da+nian). As for 'hail', Zheng Xuan's commentary on the Liji states: 'Yang becomes rain; when the yin qi constrains it, it congeals and becomes hail.'