大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 77.23

77.23

疏「二別顯義相」下，於中有三：初正顯二德、二四句融通、三揀權異實。今初言「信等」者，此通行位，信為萬行之首，則該進念定等位。亦以信為初，五十二位所有行德皆有二故。

Regarding the commentary's "Second, separately revealing the characteristics of their meaning" downward: herein are three parts: first, directly revealing the two virtues; second, fusing [them] through the four propositions; third, selecting the provisional to distinguish it from the real.

Now in the first, the words "faith and so forth" mean: this pervades the stages of practice; since faith is the foremost of the myriad practices, it encompasses the stages of vigor, mindfulness, concentration, and so forth. It also takes faith as the beginning, because all the virtues of practice across the fifty-two stages possess both.