維摩經略疏垂裕記 4.44

4.44

三、入文解釋，二：初、分科敘意，二：初、分科。二、「形聲」下，敘意。二、「就初」下，隨文釋義，二：初、半品明形益方便，二：初、分科。二、隨釋，二：初、歎德，二：初、標住處及人，二：初、總釋。「有長人之德」者，《風俗通》云「春秋之末，鄭有賢人，著一篇，號鄭長者。」謂年耆德艾事長於人，以之為長者。「重益今機」者，聞述彈折之言，俱獲圓大之益也。「因之功成」者，荊溪云：往益今益、私益眾益、斥益熟益、現益當益、大益小益、偏益圓益，始終收束疾無不攝，疾為法界功之極也。

Third, entering the text to explain it, which has two [parts]: first, dividing the outline and stating the general intent, which has two [parts]: first, dividing the outline; second, from "form and voice" onward, stating the general intent. Second, from "concerning the first" onward, explaining the meaning following the text, which has two [parts]: first, half a chapter clarifying the expedient means of benefit through physical form, which has two [parts]: first, dividing the outline; second, explaining sequentially, which has two [parts]: first, praising the virtues, which has two [parts]: first, indicating the dwelling place and the person, which has two [parts]: first, a general explanation. Regarding "having the virtue of excelling others": the Fengsutong says, "At the end of the Spring and Autumn period, there was a worthy man in Zheng who wrote a work and was styled Elder of Zheng." It means that with venerable age and mature virtue, his affairs excelled those of others; for this reason he was called an elder. Regarding "benefiting the present assembly doubly": upon hearing the recounted words of reproach, they all obtained the perfect and great benefit. Regarding "dependent upon this, the merit is accomplished": Jingxi says: "Past benefit and present benefit, private benefit and public benefit, benefit through reproach and benefit through maturation, present benefit and future benefit, great benefit and small benefit, biased benefit and perfect benefit—from beginning to end, all are gathered up; there is nothing that the illness does not encompass. Taking illness as the dharmadhātu is the culmination of merit."