四分律行事鈔資持記 1.20

1.20

次彰講解，斥學解中，初科又二；初至繁濫，正敘執文。上二句標執，下二句顯過。前修即指前代諸師。律藏且據本宗一部。每有行事，必據誠文。雖是實錄，然由年代渺邈，五師捃拾，翻譯失旨，抄寫錯漏，致有殘缺不了之文。今家則用文義決通，如下所標律文不了是也。寄緣猶附事也。良即訓實。以文害事，故有繁濫。（如依律羯磨各差五德，有覆不開懺重，夏竟解界，二十八人不足數，四人捨墮之類。）加以下，次明兼生妄計，初句標過濫之源。為學有二：一須研味精詳，二必聞見廣博。既乖此二，故多虛謬。臆下三句，出其過相。臆即胸臆，言其任意。尤即訓甚。（如手持衣藥、執臥具為越褥之類。）

Next, revealing expositions and rebuking scholarly interpretations, the first section also has two parts: first, down to 'prolix and uncontrolled', it directly narrates clinging to the texts. The upper two lines mark the clinging, and the lower two lines reveal the fault. 'Former cultivators' refers to the various masters of previous dynasties. 'Vinaya Piṭaka' tentatively refers to the single section of our own school. Whenever there was a transaction, they would always rely on explicit texts. Although these were authentic records, yet because the ages were remote, the five masters gathered and selected them, translations missed the intended meanings, and transcriptions had errors and omissions, there came to be incomplete and unclear texts. Our school, however, uses the meaning of the text to resolve and harmonize them, as stated below regarding 'the Vinaya text being incomplete'. 'Attaching to conditions' is like appending to affairs. 'Truly' glosses 'actually'. Clinging to the text to the detriment of affairs resulted in prolixity and excess. (Such as sending five virtuous persons separately according to the Vinaya for each karman, not permitting the confession of grave offenses if concealed, dissolving boundaries at the end of the rains retreat, twenty-eight people not meeting the quorum, four people for forfeiture-pāyattika, and the like.) From 'furthermore' downward, it next explains the concurrent arising of delusional calculations; the first line marks the source of error and excess. Study consists of two things: first, one must savor and scrutinize meticulously; second, one must be broadly learned and widely experienced. Since they violated both of these, they had many empty errors. The three lines from 'breast' downward present the marks of their faults. 'Breast' means one's own chest and mind, indicating their acting arbitrarily. 'Especially' glosses 'exceedingly'. (Such as holding robes and medicines in hand, or grasping bedding as a mattress-crosser, and the like.)