大方廣佛華嚴經疏 55.16

55.16

八法界人類，於中有二：先明類別，謂知識雖多，不出二十類，一菩薩、二比丘、三尼、四優婆塞、五優婆夷、六童男、七童女、八天、九天女、十外道、十一婆羅門、十二長者、十三先生、十四醫人、十五船師、十六國王、十七仙人、十八佛母、十九佛妃、二十諸神。二顯義相，有四：一約果攝化，並是如來海印所現；二約因成行，皆是菩薩隨力現形；三約義顯法，總是緣起法界之人法；四約相辨異，不出菩薩五生所收：一息苦生，如良醫等；二隨類生，如外道等；三勝生，如善見比丘等；四增上生，如無厭足王等；五最後生，如慈氏等。通即前四各具五生，可知。於中，菩薩有六，三處現身：一初文殊，信位劣故，唯顯一人。二中間漸進，現於二人，謂大悲、正趣。三位後成滿，顯於三人，謂彌勒等。

Eighth, the categories of beings of the dharmadhātu: Therein are two: First, explaining the categories: although the spiritual friends are numerous, they do not exceed twenty categories: 1. bodhisattvas, 2. monks (bhikṣus), 3. nuns (bhikṣuṇīs), 4. upāsakas, 5. upāsikās, 6. boys, 7. girls, 8. devas, 9. devīs, 10. non-Buddhists, 11. brahmins, 12. elders, 13. xiangsheng (men of learning), 14. physicians, 15. ship captains, 16. kings, 17. ṛṣis, 18. the Buddha's mother, 19. the Buddha's consort, 20. various deities. Second, revealing their significance and characteristics, which has four parts: 1. in terms of the fruit subsuming conversion, they are all manifestations of the Tathāgata's ocean-seal [samādhi]; 2. in terms of the cause fulfilling practice, they are all bodily forms manifested by bodhisattvas according to their power; 3. in terms of the meaning revealing the Dharma, they are entirely the persons and dharmas of the dharmadhātu of dependent arising; 4. in terms of marks distinguishing differences, they are completely subsumed under the five births of bodhisattvas: (i) birth to extinguish suffering, like good physicians and so forth; (ii) birth conforming to types, like non-Buddhists and so forth; (iii) superior birth, like the monk Sudarśana and so forth; (iv) sovereign birth, like King Anivartya and so forth; (v) final birth, like Maitreya and so forth. In general, the former four each possess the five births, which is understandable. Among them, there are six bodhisattvas manifesting their bodies in three places: first, the initial Mañjuśrī, whose station of faith is inferior, so only one person is manifested; second, advancing gradually in the middle, two persons are manifested, namely Mahākāruṇika and Samantanetra; third, upon culmination after the stations, three persons are manifested, namely Maitreya and the others.