大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 9.32

9.32

Regarding the commentary's "Second, in terms of passing through stages and having no stages," and so forth: the initial and final teachings both pass through stages, while the sudden teaching does not pass through stages; hence the initial and final are combined to form the gradual teaching. As for "the rest are all according to their names": first is the Hīnayāna teaching, second is the gradual teaching, third is the sudden teaching, and fourth is the perfect teaching; thus "gradual" is newly added, and the remaining three are according to their original names.