金光明經玄義 2.18

2.18

今更釋帝王者，真諦三藏云：法身攝華嚴，華嚴以法身為體故。報身攝般若，般若明智慧故。應身攝涅槃，涅槃明百句解脫四德等故。此是彼師明帝王統攝之義。今明帝王，應具三義，謂帝、慧、王也。帝則貴極至尊至重，慧則神謀聖策，王則萬國朝會。備此三義，稱帝慧王。此經亦爾，如來游於無量甚深法性，過諸菩薩所行清淨，即是至尊極貴義。若有聞者，則能思惟無上甚深微妙之義，開甘露門、入甘露城、處甘露室，令諸眾生食甘露味，以智慧刀裂煩惱網，即是聖智雄略義。諸佛護持莊嚴、菩薩諸天恭敬、護世讚歎，能令地獄諸河焦乾，乃至一切世間未曾有事悉具出現，即是萬國朝會多致利益義。將此三義壓十種三法門，苦道即法身是貴義，煩惱即般若是慧義，業即解脫是朝會義。乃至法身德即貴義，般若德即慧義，解脫德即朝會議。一一法門悉備三義，一一法門皆是經王也。

Now, to further explain the sovereign ruler: Tripiṭaka Master Paramārtha said that the dharmakāya subsumes the Avataṃsaka, because the Avataṃsaka takes the dharmakāya as its substance; the saṃbhogakāya subsumes the Prajñā[pāramitā], because the Prajñā[pāramitā] clarifies wisdom; the nirmāṇakāya subsumes the Nirvāṇa[-sūtra], because the Nirvāṇa[-sūtra] clarifies the hundred phrases of vimokṣa, the four virtues, and so forth. This is that master's clarification of the meaning of sovereign ruler as governing and subsuming. Now, to clarify the sovereign ruler, it should possess three meanings, namely: emperor (di), wisdom (hui), and king (wang). The emperor is supremely noble, most revered, and most exalted; wisdom is divine strategy and sagely planning; the king is the courtly gathering of ten thousand states. Fully possessing these three meanings, it is called the emperor-wisdom-king. This sūtra is also like this: the Tathāgata roams in the immeasurable, profound dharmatā, surpassing the purities practiced by the bodhisattvas; this is the meaning of the most revered and supremely noble. If there are those who hear it, they are able to contemplate the unsurpassed, profound, and subtle meaning, opening the gate of ambrosia, entering the city of ambrosia, abiding in the chamber of ambrosia, causing all sentient beings to partake of the flavor of ambrosia, and slashing the net of afflictions with the sword of wisdom; this is the meaning of the sagely wisdom and heroic strategy. Protected and adorned by all buddhas, revered by bodhisattvas and all devas, praised by the world-protectors, capable of drying up the rivers of the hells, and causing all unprecedented events in the world to manifest fully; this is the meaning of the courtly gathering of ten thousand states bringing abundant benefits. Applying these three meanings to suppress the ten kinds of threefold Dharma-doors: the path of suffering is identical to the dharmakāya, which is the meaning of nobility; afflictions are identical to prajñā, which is the meaning of wisdom; karma is identical to vimokṣa, which is the meaning of courtly gathering. Up to the virtue of the dharmakāya being the meaning of nobility, the virtue of prajñā being the meaning of wisdom, and the virtue of vimokṣa being the meaning of courtly gathering. Each and every Dharma-door fully possesses the three meanings; each and every Dharma-door is a king of sūtras.