華嚴經探玄記 15.40

15.40

四釋文者，此文有二：先問、後答。問中亦二：先舉取問法、後「世尊云何」下以法諮問。初中，何故牒此十數者，是諸品列名及結通處皆有此十，然未解釋、不知分齊，為顯令知，故今問也。十句中第二不可量下答中名無量，第五不可數下名無數，第六第七同一句謂不可稱及不可量，不可量下答在第八，不思議在第七，餘竝可知。

Fourth, regarding explaining the text, this text has two parts: first the questions, and second the answers. In the questions there are also two: first, setting forth and selecting the dharmas questioned; second, from 'World-Honoured One, how...' onward, consulting and questioning with the dharmas. In the first part, why are these ten numbers enumerated? These ten are present where the various chapters list names and in their common conclusions; yet they have not been explained and their scopes are not known. To reveal them so that they may be known, they are questioned now. In the ten phrases, below the second, 'inmeasurable', the answer names it 'immeasurable'; below the fifth, 'incalculable', it names it 'innumerable'; the sixth and seventh form a single phrase, namely 'incomparable' and 'inmeasurable'—the answer to 'inmeasurable' is in the eighth, and 'inconceivable' is in the seventh; the rest can all be known.