大方廣佛華嚴經疏 56.4

56.4

大文第二「向勝樂國」下有十善友，寄於十住即為十段。然下諸善友，古德科判從一至十，雖皆有理，今略存一二，謂一依辯法師科為三分：一聞名求覓是加行位、二受其所說是正證法界、三仰推勝進是後得位。或分為五分：一舉法勸修、二依教趣入、三見已請敬、四正示法界、五仰推勝進。上二並約位科，故取前段指示後友以屬後段方便，以後友名屬後位故。約義甚善，而文小不便。今依意公及五臺論，約會科之，分為六分，而名小異：一依教趣求、二見敬諮問、三稱讚授法、四謙己推勝、五指示後友、六戀德禮辭。而諸文多具，其有增減，至文科判。

In the second major section, from "Heading toward the country of Supreme Joy" onward, there are ten good friends, which, being assigned to the ten abodes, form ten sections. However, regarding the good friends below, ancient worthies made section divisions from one to ten; though all have reason, we briefly preserve one or two here. One follows Dharma Master Bian, dividing into three parts: 1. hearing the name and searching is the stage of preparatory application (prayoga); 2. receiving what is expounded is the direct realization of the dharmadhātu; 3. admiringly deferring to superior progress is the stage of subsequent attainment. Alternatively, it is divided into five parts: 1. presenting the Dharma and exhorting cultivation; 2. proceeding and entering according to instruction; 3. inquiring with reverence upon seeing; 4. directly revealing the dharmadhātu; 5. admiringly deferring to superior progress. Both of the above divide according to stages; hence they take the preceding section of pointing toward the subsequent friend as belonging to the expedients of the subsequent section, because the name of the subsequent friend belongs to the subsequent stage. In terms of meaning, this is very good, but in the text it is slightly awkward. Now, following Master Yi and the Treatise of Wutai, we divide according to the assemblies into six parts, with slightly different names: 1. proceeding and seeking according to instruction; 2. inquiring with reverence upon seeing; 3. praising and conferring the Dharma; 4. humbling oneself and deferring to the superior; 5. pointing toward the subsequent friend; 6. fondly venerating virtue and bowing in departure. Most passages have all of these; where there are additions or omissions, they will be classified as we reach the text.