金光明經文句記 4.338

4.338

初、明吹螺。是故號者，《大經》云「吹貝，知時是也。」苦忍凡性者，即內凡上忍位中，於苦諦下留一行一緣，是凡性也。聖人正性，謂初果也。說大乘法者，唯以圓教為大乘也。改凡聖偏性，通教六地是聖，別教十向、圓教十信是內凡，以中理未顯，悉名偏性。通教七地者，至此得知圓者，皆是改號之位者。三人俱破無明，見中道圓性也。

First, explaining the blowing of the conch. 'Hence it is named': the *Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra* states, 'Blowing the conch shell means knowing the proper time.' The 'worldly nature of patience regarding suffering' means that in the stage of supreme patience among the inner ordinary people, leaving behind one practice and one condition under the truth of suffering is the worldly nature. The 'correct nature of the noble ones' refers to the first fruit [of stream-entry]. Those who 'preach the Mahāyāna Dharma' take only the round teaching to be the Mahāyāna. 'Changing the biased nature of ordinary and noble': the sixth ground of the shared teaching is noble, while the ten dedications of the distinct teaching and the ten faiths of the round teaching are inner ordinary people; because the principle of the middle is not yet revealed, all are called the biased nature. As for 'the seventh ground of the shared teaching': arriving here and thereby coming to know the round, all are stages of changing the name. The three types of practitioners together break through fundamental ignorance and perceive the round nature of the Middle Way.