大般涅槃經義記 7.208

7.208

對因顯中，先問後釋。「多因緣得，故名為大」。於中初法，次喻，後合。

In revealing it by contrast with the cause, it first questions and then explains: "Attained through many causes and conditions, it is therefore called great." Within this, first is the dharma, next the metaphor, and finally the application.