四分律行事鈔資持記 2.1486

2.1486

敘古中，初二句，示古。以其難故，無敢改作。歷代者，通指諸師鈔疏，如序所列。遵，猶循也。術，音遂，路也。雖下二句，遮妨。上句是縱，以諸師所述，非無小異，故云分徑；舊云：《首疏》立八門（未見本疏），勵師立五門（一釋名，二體狀，三漸頓，四先後，五優劣，曾見彼文。）。下句是奪，謂取其大概，比校皆同，故曰無違。古記於此，浪述古異；且彼文皆亡，何由究實；抑使後學轉加迷暗，況是所斥，縱述徒為，故今例削。

In the section recounting the ancients, the first two lines show the ancients. Because it is difficult, none dared to change it. "Past generations" generally refers to the manuals and commentaries of the various masters, as listed in the preface. 遵 (zun) is like 循 (to follow). 術 (shu) is pronounced 遂 (sui), meaning a road or method. The two lines beginning with "although" prevent objections. The first line is a concession: because the expositions of the various masters were not without slight differences, it says "divergent paths." Anciently it was said: Master Shou's Commentary established eight gates (I have not seen that original commentary), while Master Li established five gates (first, explaining names; second, substantial marks; third, gradual or sudden; fourth, sequence; fifth, superiority and inferiority; I once saw that text). The next line is a refutation: meaning that if one takes their general drift and compares them, they are all the same, so it says "without deviation." The ancient records here wildly recounted ancient differences; yet those texts are all lost, so by what means could one investigate the truth? Moreover, it makes later students increasingly confused and dark, not to mention that they are what is refuted, so even if recounted it would be in vain; thus they are uniformly excised now.