大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 17.5

17.5

Regarding the Commentary's "These above seven interpretations" onwards: second, synthesizing past interpretations. It further reconciles the previous seven masters, harmonizing them into a fourfold proposition: the first is the seventh master; the third refers to the previous six masters; the second and fourth are added through their meanings. The second positing only the central doctrine is because the intent takes awakening and realizing to reveal the principle as the central doctrine. Hence Dao Lang of Hexi said: "If one attains awakening through the initial division, then the initial division is the central doctrine. If one attains awakening through the latter division, then the latter division is not secondary." This is precisely the meaning.