大般涅槃經義記 3.99

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第二段中，先舉昔言，「又如佛」下舉佛今語，「如是二」下雙牒二言請佛會通。就舉昔中，對上三問還有三句：「然出家人不敬在家」對前第三明佛舊儀；「然佛法中年少」已下對前第一明佛舊儀，於中先辨，「以是」下釋，「是故」下結；「如佛言」下對上第二明佛舊儀，此舉昔言，「從此」已下舉佛今時所說偈辭。下雙牒之，請佛決通。「如是二句」是牒前也，昔為一句、今為一句。「其義云何」正請決通。「將非虛妄」徵以起答。昔言若是，今說是虛；今言若是，昔說是虛。二處未定，及為疑責，故曰將非，噵言將非明已是虛。

In the second section, he first cites the past words; from 'And as the Buddha' downward, he cites the Buddha's present words; from 'These two' downward, he brings up both statements together, asking the Buddha to harmonize and reconcile them. In citing the past, corresponding to the three questions above, there are also three lines: 'Yet one who has gone forth from home does not revere a layperson' corresponds to the third above, explaining the Buddha's former etiquette; from 'Yet in the Buddha's Dharma the young' downward corresponds to the first above, explaining the Buddha's former etiquette, wherein it first distinguishes, from 'For this reason' downward explains, and from 'Therefore' downward concludes; from 'As the Buddha said' downward corresponds to the second above, explaining the Buddha's former etiquette, which cites the past words; from 'From this' downward cites the words of the verse spoken by the Buddha at present. Below, he brings both up together, asking the Buddha to resolve and reconcile them. 'These two statements' refers to what precedes: the past forms one statement, and the present forms one statement. 'What is their meaning?' directly requests resolution. 'Could this not be false?' raises a challenge to prompt the answer. If the past statement is correct, the present teaching is false; if the present statement is correct, the past teaching is false. Since neither is settled, and to voice doubtful reprimand, he says 'could this not,' and saying 'could this not' indicates that it is already considered false.