四分律行事鈔資持記 1.1219

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行草中，初科為四，初示所出。如前所明。當下，二令預辦。人別一剪者，意使各敷，恐相連布故；當用一握，長二尺許，剪已束之；須令展布，可容一坐，即為準矣。至下，三明次行。上座跪授，餘人不須。各下，四明敷布。於座前者，即所坐席外地上也。注文。有云：重囑預覓。或云：定是預覓，何必重囑？今謂此文。注上敷草；謂若至五德唱已始敷事容倉卒，眾復稽遲；故令受已前敷，待唱即坐；有不依此，特注示之；辨，謂布草備擬坐處也。

In [the section on] distributing grass, the first heading has four parts: first, showing the source, as explained earlier. From 'should' below, second, ordering preparation in advance. 'A cut per person' intends for each to spread their own, fearing they would be spread continuously; one should use a handful, about two spans long, bundled after cutting; it must be spread out enough to accommodate one seat, which serves as the standard. From 'reaching' below, third, clarifying the order of distribution. The senior monk receives it kneeling; the others do not need to. From 'each' below, fourth, clarifying the spreading. 'In front of the seat' refers to the ground outside the mat where one sits. In the interlinear note: some say it is an earnest exhortation to seek it in advance. Others say: 'It is definitely seeking it in advance; why must it be an earnest exhortation?' Now I say that this text is a note on spreading the grass above; meaning that if one only begins to spread it after the five virtues make the announcement, the matter would be hurried and the assembly delayed; therefore, it orders that having received it, one spreads it beforehand, waiting for the announcement to sit down immediately; for those who do not follow this, it is specially noted to show them; 'prepared' (bian) means spreading the grass and preparing the sitting place.