法華玄贊義決 1.101

1.101

有釋說法時至成就中，言大乘經通名，無量義已下別名，然其別名不唯解無量義，亦通一切諸大乘經者，其義未可。且解總別，理即可然，以大乘經一切大乘經通名，此即極成無量已下別名。然亦通一切大乘，此即未可。論解時成舉說無量義，若通一切何名時成？或說餘經未說此《法華》故，以此故知，十七名者但解一無量義。又復論云：此修多羅有十七名，若通一切何須說此？又自解云：此時所說一部教義但得三名，如《華嚴》等但名方廣。又云：餘十四名所詮之義，《無量義經》中不具故，《無量義》不得餘名，但得三名爾，何得云十七名通一切大乘經？又復論云：此大乘修多羅有十七名，若《無量義》名不具足，何得云此有十七名？

In the fulfilment of the time for expounding the Dharma, some explain that "Mahāyāna sūtra" is the general name, while "immeasurable meanings" downward are the specific names, yet these specific names not only explain the Immeasurable Meanings, but also apply universally to all Mahāyāna sūtras. This meaning is unacceptable. To explain them as general and specific may indeed be theoretically reasonable, since "Mahāyāna sūtra" is the general name for all Mahāyāna sūtras—this is thoroughly established—and "immeasurable" downward are the specific names. However, to say they also apply universally to all Mahāyāna [sūtras] is unacceptable. When the treatise explains the fulfilment of the time, it cites the preaching of the Immeasurable Meanings; if it applied universally to all, why would it be called the fulfilment of the time? Or, having expounded other sūtras, he had not yet expounded this Lotus Sūtra. By this, one knows that the seventeen names explain only the one Immeasurable Meanings. Furthermore, the treatise states: "This sūtra has seventeen names." If they applied universally to all, why would it be necessary to state this? Moreover, they themselves explain: "The teaching and meaning of the single text expounded at this time receives only three names, just as the Avataṃsaka and others are merely called Vaipulya." And further: "Because the meanings expressed by the remaining fourteen names are not complete in the Immeasurable Meanings Sūtra, the Immeasurable Meanings does not receive the other names, but receives only three names." How then could one say that the seventeen names apply universally to all Mahāyāna sūtras? Furthermore, the treatise states: "This Mahāyāna sūtra has seventeen names." If the names of the Immeasurable Meanings were not complete, how could it say that this [sūtra] has seventeen names?