金光明最勝王經疏 6.212

6.212

釋名者，讚者稱也，歎者吟也，即稱揚吟詠。應言觸事美德云讚，是理諭揚為歎。初人、後法。或通人法俱稱讚歎，菩薩，能讚之人。十方，說其來域。欲令有情慇重，故舉十方遠來。勝人尚自諭揚，劣者何不歌詠？又彰勝者能故非下劣者，欲令慕勝增進修故。故下品云「令未知者隨順修學」。

As for explaining the title: zàn (praise) means to commend; tàn (eulogise) means to chant; that is, to commend and chant. One should say: praising good virtues regarding phenomena is called zàn; eulogising and proclaiming in accord with principle is called tàn. The first is person, the latter is Dharma. Or else, both person and Dharma generally encompass praising and eulogising. "Bodhisattvas" are the persons capable of praising. "Ten directions" states the realms from which they come. Wishing to lead sentient beings to be earnest and reverent, it cites their coming from far away in the ten directions. When superior persons themselves still proclaim [the virtues], how could inferior ones not sing them? Furthermore, it displays the capacity of the superior ones, not the base and inferior, wishing to cause them to admire the superior and advance in cultivation. Thus, a subsequent chapter says: "To cause those who do not yet know to comply and cultivate."