四分律行事鈔資持記 1.704

1.704

通斥中，初二句斥無知秉御。每，猶多也。師匠義一，文家疊舉。學教知法，舉事成益，故云實易。不學昏教，自他俱損，故曰實難。意云：為師本易，在彼反難也。但下，推妄行所由。㳂謂從舊，革乃更新。事雖古傳，容有訛正；彼唯執舊，故曰不思。真教即律。

Under "General Rebuke", the first two sentences rebuke presiding over affairs in ignorance. *Mei* is like "often". "Master" and "guide" have the same meaning; the author mentions them repeatedly. If one studies the teachings and knows the Dharma, conducting the affair accomplishes benefit; hence it is said to be "truly easy". If one does not study and is benighted about the teachings, self and others are both harmed; hence it is said to be "truly difficult". The intention is: being a master is inherently easy, yet for them it turns out to be difficult. "Merely..." onward traces the source of arbitrary practice. Following refers to cleaving to the old; reforming means renewing. Although an affair has been transmitted from antiquity, it may contain errors or correctness; they merely cling to the old, hence it is said "without reflection". "True teaching" refers to the Vinaya.