三彌勒經疏 1.205

1.205

經曰「名華軟草」以下，第二辨土嚴。城者州，縣謂處也，萬民雜居名為邑也。街衢方整名次比也。八萬歲者，《大成佛經》云「八萬四千」。解云：彼經據初下生時說，此經久遠時，不違也。如言身量長十六丈，而《賢愚經》云「身長八丈」，就初後時，無過也。便利者，內逼迫也。飲食者，外惑苦也。衰老又遇身羸劣也。《大成佛經》云「無寒熱風火等病」。九苦惱，《阿含經》云「時人有九病，一寒、二熱、三飢、四濁、五大便、六小便、七欲、八飲食、九老。」解云：無時節代謝寒熱故，《大成佛經》云無寒熱等；而飲食中亦有冷熱，故《阿含經》云有寒熱等也。五百歲者，《下生經》云五十歲者，通此文二說，如經第二也。《大成佛經》云「人長百六尺」，今此中略故不說。

From the sūtra's words, "Famous flowers and soft grasses..." onward is the second, discerning the adornments of the land. "Cities" (*cheng*) refers to provinces, "prefectures" (*xian*) means localities, and where ten thousand commoners live intermingled is called a "township" (*yi*). That the streets and avenues are square and orderly is what is meant by "orderly adjacent." As for "eighty thousand years," the *Great Sūtra on the Attainment of Buddhahood* says "eighty-four thousand." The explanation is: that sūtra speaks based on the initial time of his descending to be born, while this sūtra speaks of a long time later, so they do not contradict. Just as it is said that his bodily height was sixteen *zhang*, whereas the *Sūtra of the Wise and the Foolish* says "his body was eight *zhang* tall"; applying this to the earlier and later periods, there is no error. "Inconvenience" (*bianli*, excretion) refers to internal bodily urges. "Food and drink" refers to external afflictive suffering. "Senility and old age" again refers to bodily frailty and weakness. The *Great Sūtra on the Attainment of Buddhahood* says, "Free of illnesses such as cold, heat, wind, and fire." Regarding the nine afflictive torments, the *Āgama* says: "People at that time have nine illnesses: 1. cold, 2. heat, 3. hunger, 4. thirst, 5. defecation, 6. urination, 7. desire, 8. eating and drinking, and 9. aging." The explanation is: because there is no alternation of seasons, cold, and heat, the *Great Sūtra on the Attainment of Buddhahood* says there is no cold or heat, etc.; however, within eating and drinking there is also cold and hot, so the *Āgama* says there are cold, heat, and so on. As for "five hundred years," the *Descent Sūtra* says "fifty years"; reconciling these two textual accounts is as in the second [scroll] of the sūtra. The *Great Sūtra on the Attainment of Buddhahood* says, "People are one hundred and six feet tall"; here it is abbreviated, hence not mentioned.