觀音義疏記 1.2

1.2

釋疏二：初、釋題目，二：初、正釋題。義者宜也，謂解釋經文使合宜也。又義理也，斯蓋智者入法華三昧，於觀行位中見第一義理，以此義理解今經文。疏者，通意之辭。又音疎，即疏通、疏條之義也。二、說記人。二、釋疏文，二：初、預分章段，二：初、敘二家三段。此品既是讖師為北涼沮渠蒙遜別傳于世，故涼陳已來講者甚眾，於是分節經文三段有異。二、「今師」下，示天台多種，二：初、泛明多種分文。二、「若作」下，正依二段節目。

The explanation of the Commentary is in two parts: first, explaining the title, which has two parts: first, directly explaining the title. "Meaning" (yi) means appropriateness (yi), referring to explaining the sūtra text so that it conforms to what is appropriate. Furthermore, it means "principle of meaning": this denotes that Master Zhiyi entered the Lotus Samādhi and, within the stage of contemplative practice, perceived the principle of the supreme truth, using this principle of meaning to explain the present sūtra text. "Commentary" (shu) is an expression that conveys the intended meaning. Furthermore, it is pronounced shu, bearing the senses of clearing a passage and itemizing. Second, stating the person who recorded the subcommentary. Second, explaining the commentary text, which has two parts: first, pre-dividing it into sections and chapters, which has two parts: first, recounting the three sections of the two masters. Since this chapter was separately transmitted to the world by Master Dharmakṣema for Juqu Mengxun of the Northern Liang, lecturers from the Liang and Chen dynasties onward were very numerous, and consequently there were differences in their division of the sūtra text into three sections. Second, from "the present master" downward, showing Tiantai's multiple varieties, which has two parts: first, broadly clarifying the multiple varieties of dividing the text. Second, from "if one adopts" downward, directly relying on the two-section scheme.