華嚴經探玄記 4.48

4.48

三料簡者，就此因中或分二：初比位，謂此品下至〈迴向〉；二證位，謂〈十地品〉下證位。或分三：初三品是位前方便，〈昇天品〉下十三品明三賢正位，〈十地〉下六品明十聖真位。或分四：初從此盡第三會為十解，以信是住之方便無正位故，攝屬十住中；二第四會十行；三第五會十迴向；四第六會十地等。或分五：開信異住故。又光云：義分或三。初三品明始起於先際；二從〈昇天〉下明善修於中際；三〈不思法品〉等明終顯於後際。或分四：初未信者令信；二第三會下已信者令入，謂解行也；三〈十地品〉下已入者令純熟；四〈不思品〉下已純熟者令解脫。

Third, critical categorization: with respect to this cause, it may be divided into two: first, the comparative stages, meaning from this chapter down through "Dedication"; second, the stages of realization, meaning the stages of realization from the "Ten Bhūmis Chapter" on down. Or it may be divided into three: the first three chapters are preliminaries prior to the stages; the thirteen chapters from the "Ascending to the Heavens Chapter" on down clarify the standard stages of the three worthies; the six chapters below the "Ten Bhūmis" clarify the true stages of the ten sages. Or it may be divided into four: first, from here through the end of the third assembly are the ten understandings; because faith is a preliminary for the abodes and has no standard stage, it is subsumed within the ten abodes; second, the ten practices of the fourth assembly; third, the ten dedications of the fifth assembly; fourth, the ten bhūmis and so forth of the sixth assembly. Or it may be divided into five: opening faith as distinct from the abodes. Furthermore, [Fazang's master Zhi]yan says: by meaning, they may be divided into three: first, the three chapters clarify the initial arising in the prior boundary; second, from "Ascending to the Heavens" on down clarifies good cultivation in the middle boundary; third, the "Inconceivable Dharmas Chapter" and so forth clarify the final manifestation in the posterior boundary. Or they may be divided into four: first, causing those without faith to have faith; second, from the third assembly on down, causing those with faith to enter, meaning understanding and practice; third, from the "Ten Bhūmis Chapter" on down, causing those who have entered to become fully matured; fourth, from the "Inconceivable Chapter" on down, causing those fully matured to attain liberation.