注維摩詰經 6.28

6.28

什曰：自知而問者，欲令眾會取信也。借座彼國，其義有二：一者欲現諸佛嚴淨功德致殊特之座，令始行菩薩深其志願也。二者欲因往反之迹，使化流二國也。肇曰：文殊大士遊化無疆，必見諸國殊妙之座。淨名欲生時會敬信之情，故問而後取，示審其事也。生曰：先問之者，欲明後所致是實也。

[Kumāra]jīva says: He asked although he already knew, wishing to lead the assembled multitude to produce faith. Borrowing the thrones from that land had two meanings: first, to reveal the adorned and pure virtues of the buddhas that produce extraordinary thrones, inspiring the beginner bodhisattvas to deepen their aspiration; second, to allow the teaching to flow between the two lands by means of this going and returning. [Seng]zhao says: The mahāsattva Mañjuśrī wanders and teaches without bounds, and has surely seen the extraordinary and exquisite thrones in various lands. Pure Name wished to arouse feelings of reverence and faith in the gathering, so he asked before fetching them, demonstrating that he had investigated the matter. [Dao]sheng says: Asking first was to clarify that what would subsequently be brought was genuine.