維摩經略疏垂裕記 4.45

4.45

二、「維摩」下，別釋，二：初、指釋維摩。「如前釋」者，荊溪云：具如玄文釋名中明。二、「長」下，今解長者，二：初、辨示本迹。二、「今略」下，開章解義，二：初、列章。「第四帖釋」，即下正歎德文，於此懸科耳。荊溪云：《法華疏》釋長者離為四義，今亦具四。初、世長者，借喻事理。法身長者，事理相符，名同理異。觀心長者，即是法身長者之行相也，亦是法身長者之因果也。帖經長者，即是因果長者之誠證也。亦顯經文次第有在。

Second, from "Vimalakīrti" onward, specific explanations, which has two [parts]: first, pointing out and explaining Vimalakīrti. Regarding "as explained before": Jingxi says: "It is fully clarified as in the Profound Meaning's explanation of the name." Second, from "elder" onward, the present explanation of elder, which has two [parts]: first, distinguishing and showing the fundamental and the trace; second, from "now briefly" onward, laying out the headings to explain the meaning, which has two [parts]: first, listing the headings. "The fourth, correlating and explaining with the text," is precisely the following text that directly praises his virtues, for which the outline is only preliminarily set forth here. Jingxi says: "The Commentary on the Lotus Sūtra explains 'elder' by dividing it into four meanings; the present [text] also has four complete [meanings]. First, the worldly elder, using metaphor for phenomena and principle. The dharmakāya elder: phenomena and principle tally with each other; the name is the same but the principle is different. The mind-contemplation elder is precisely the practice and characteristics of the dharmakāya elder, and is also the cause and effect of the dharmakāya elder. The elder correlated to the text is precisely the genuine verification of the elder of cause and effect. It also reveals that the sequence of the sūtra text has its proper place."