四分律行事鈔資持記 1.150

1.150

列篇中。標宗勸學，文局上卷，義該一部。下十一篇，正明眾行。然成辦僧事，必假四緣：人、法、事、處，闕一不可。今此諸篇，依之而列。第二三四，即能秉之人；第五即所秉之法，第六即秉法之處。已下六篇，即所被之事；事復有三：七及八九，即有情事。十與十二，即非情事；安居一篇，即二合事（人依處故。若約篇中分房受日，竝非情耳。）

In listing the chapters: 'Setting Forth the Tenet and Exhorting Study' is restricted in text to the upper fascicle, but its meaning covers the entire work. The following eleven chapters directly explain the communal practices. However, to accomplish and carry out Sangha transactions, four conditions are indispensable: person, dharma, matter, and place—not one can be missing. Now these various chapters are listed according to them. Chapters two, three, and four are the persons capable of conducting [the transaction]; chapter five is the dharma to be conducted; chapter six is the place where the dharma is conducted. The six chapters following are the matters to be affected. Matters are further threefold: chapters seven, eight, and nine are matters concerning sentient beings. Chapters ten and twelve are matters concerning insentient things. The single chapter on Rains Retreat concerns matters combining both (because persons rely on places; yet regarding the assignment of rooms and requesting days within the chapter, both are purely insentient things).