四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 1.6

1.6

余因聽采之暇，顧眄群篇；通非屬意，俱懷優劣；斐然作命，直筆具舒。包異部誠文，括眾經隨說，及西土賢聖所遺，此方先德文紀；搜駁同異，並皆窮覈；長見必錄，以輔博知；濫述必剪，用成通意。或繁文以顯事用，或略指以類相從；或文斷而以義連，或徵辭而假來問。如是始終交映，隱顯互出。并見行羯磨、諸務是非、導俗正儀、出家雜法，並皆攬為此宗之一見，用濟新學之費功焉！

In the leisure between listening and gathering teachings, I cast my eyes over the various chapters. None of them wholly met my intent, and all possessed both merits and defects; thus I boldly took up the task, deploying my brush with directness. I have encompassed the authentic texts of different schools, synthesized the occasional teachings across various sūtras, and gathered what was bequeathed by the sages and worthies of the Western Lands as well as the written records of former virtuous ones in this land; searching out and refuting commonalities and differences, I scrutinized them all to the utmost; whatever was of superior insight was sure to be recorded to assist extensive knowledge, and whatever was an undisciplined account was excised to achieve a coherent meaning. Sometimes I used detailed phrasing to elucidate practical application; sometimes I pointed briefly so that like categories would follow one another; sometimes the text broke off while the meaning remained linked; sometimes words were questioned by positing hypothetical inquiries. In this way, beginning and end reflect one another, the concealed and the revealed appear alternately. Furthermore, active karmans, the right and wrong of various duties, correct rites for guiding the laity, and miscellaneous rules for the renunciant—all are subsumed into the single perspective of this school, so as to spare new students wasted effort!