新譯華嚴經七處九會頌釋章 1.58

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問曰：此上十門以六相融，其義云何？答曰：一切十句皆有六相，故可圓融。謂相有六種：一總相、二別相、三同相、四異相、五成相、六壞相。初一門中無門不攝，故名總相；後九種門於一開九，故名別相。十門相資各不相違同成一總，故名同相；十門相望其義各異，故名異相。攬九成一，一門圓滿，故名成相；分一作九，九外無一，故名壞相。

Question: When the above ten gates are fused by the six characteristics, what is the meaning? Answer: All ten phrases have the six characteristics, and therefore can be completely fused. The characteristics are of six kinds: first, the universal characteristic; second, the particular characteristic; third, the common characteristic; fourth, the distinctive characteristic; fifth, the integrative characteristic; sixth, the disintegrative characteristic. In the first single gate, there is no gate that is not subsumed; hence it is called the universal characteristic. The latter nine gates open nine from the one; hence they are called the particular characteristics. The ten gates assist each other without conflicting, together forming a single universal; hence they are called the common characteristic. Looking across the ten gates, their meanings are distinct from each other; hence they are called the distinctive characteristic. Gathering the nine to form the one, the one gate is complete; hence it is called the integrative characteristic. Dividing the one to make nine, outside of the nine there is no one; hence it is called the disintegrative characteristic.