大般涅槃經義記 1.124

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第二開宗顯德分中，先敘異說、次辨得失、後顯正義。異說如何？昔來相傳從此至後〈迦葉品〉來同為正宗，正宗之中麁判有二、細分有六。麁判二者，唯略與廣，初至〈眾品〉是其略說，〈眾品〉已後是其廣說。細分六者，略中有三：一明佛現果、二「三告」下顯其緣因、三「二十五有有我不」下彰佛性正因。廣中亦三：初〈大眾問品〉廣前現果、二〈現病〉已下廣上緣因、三〈師子品〉下廣前正因，異說如此。

In the second section, "Revealing the Principle and Demonstrating the Virtues," it first recounts divergent views, next evaluates their merits and defects, and finally reveals the correct doctrine. What are the divergent views? Traditionally, it has been transmitted that from here up to the subsequent "Kāśyapa Chapter" constitutes the main body of the sūtra. Within the main body, roughly divided there are two parts, and finely divided there are six. The rough division into two consists merely of the brief and the detailed: from the beginning up to the "Assembly Chapter" is the brief exposition; after the "Assembly Chapter" is the detailed exposition. The fine division into six is as follows: within the brief there are three: first, explaining the Buddha's actualized fruit; second, from the "three announcements" onward, revealing its contributory causes; third, from "Does the twenty-five existences have a self or not?" onward, manifesting the direct cause of buddha-nature. Within the detailed there are also three: first, the "Assembly's Questions Chapter" expands upon the preceding actualized fruit; second, from "Manifesting Illness" onward expands upon the contributory causes above; third, from the "Siṃha Chapter" onward expands upon the direct cause above. Such are the divergent views.