四分律行事鈔資持記 1.1205

1.1205

人是非中，列三種人。初先結後破，二一向不結，三結有中後。恐疑上二不可同法，故此辨之，通成應教。文中，初明前二種。《四分》下，示後一種。但云後者，義必兼中，亦約望前通名後耳。

In [the section on] the validity of persons, three kinds of persons are listed. First, those who first tied [the boundary] and later broke it; second, those who never tied it at all; third, those who tied it in the middle or the end. Fearing doubt that the first two cannot share the same ritual, this is therefore analyzed, generally establishing that they conform to the teaching. In the text, the first two kinds are explained first. From "The Four-Part [Vinaya]" below, the latter kind is shown. Only mentioning "the latter" necessarily implies the middle as well in principle; it also universally refers to the latter in comparison with the former.