維摩經略疏垂裕記 3.67

3.67

三、釋中間九品無佛國言難，二：初、問難。荊溪云：始即佛國、終謂菴園，前問猶通與其小分，故云蓋不足言。乃由答中但以行因而為答問，其行猶總未足決疑。今九品中二義不成：一非佛說、二無土名，而淨名說，何者是依？二、答釋，二：初、引佛國文。二、「淨名」下，以九品類。荊溪云：答意者，從義非語，理出常途，豈執國土之名而亡方便之說？故從此下乃至宛然，即其事也。

Third, resolving the objection that the middle nine chapters lack the words "Buddha Land", in two parts: First, raising the objection. Jingxi states: The beginning is the Buddha Land, and the end refers to Āmrapālī's garden; the previous question still conceded a small part to it, hence saying "it is scarcely worth speaking of". It is because the answer merely used the causal practice to answer the question, and that practice was still too general to resolve doubts. Now, within the nine chapters, two meanings fail: first, it is not spoken by the Buddha; second, there is no name of a land. Yet Jingming spoke: which one is the circumstantial [reward]? Second, answering and resolving, in two parts: First, citing the text on the Buddha Land. Second, from "Jingming…" downward, analogizing with the nine chapters. Jingxi states: The intention of the answer is that one follows meaning, not words; the principle transcends ordinary conventions. How could one cling to the name of a land and abandon the exposition of expedient means? Therefore, from here down to "vividly clear", such is the matter.