維摩經略疏垂裕記 4.44

4.44

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."