大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 52.41

52.41

Regarding the commentary's phrase "Question: Among the first and the eighth, the prior seven..." below, this is the second part, questions and answers with analytical discrimination, in which there are two questions and answers. First, asking whether the treatise's division is comprehensive or restricted; later, below "Question: Why are precepts not expounded at first...", resolving and clarifying external objections. In the former, first there is the question, followed by the answer. In the answer there are two parts: first, rebuking the question as flawed because it challenges the meaning with the literal phrasing; later, below "How could it not...", indicating the correct [meaning], which can be understood.