大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 6.19

6.19

Regarding the Commentary's text 'Fourth, the hermit of the Qi dynasty' and so forth: in the formal establishment of the thesis, it establishes gradual and sudden expounding in terms of the pedagogical method and time: that is the pedagogical method. The sudden is at the initial attainment of enlightenment, and the gradual has five periods: this is spoken in terms of time.