維摩經略疏 5.133

5.133

問：若爾彌勒正是補處，應須顯深，何得淺也？答：大人勝者，故須先命。法應從淺至深，故對彌勒開佛知見。復次雖對人顯位，意不在於淺深。何者？圓教從初一地具足一切諸地功德，是則初開即示悟入。四人顯位亦復如是，只是圓四位耳。

Question: If so, Maitreya is precisely the one in the position of succession, so he ought to reveal the deep; how could it be shallow? Answer: As a great person and superior, he must be commanded first. The Dharma should go from shallow to deep, so [the Buddha] opens the Buddha's knowledge and vision with respect to Maitreya. Furthermore, although ranks are revealed with respect to persons, the intention does not lie in shallow and deep. Why is that? In the round teaching, from the very first stage, the virtues of all the stages are fully complete; thus the initial opening is itself demonstrating, awakening, and entering. The revealing of ranks by the four persons is also like this; they are simply the four round ranks.