四分律行事鈔資持記 2.1650

2.1650

優劣之義，亦如上明。若八句相望者，但以第二位中，後句在下；第三位中，初句在上，則次第義便。問：下句無罪，豈名犯劣？答：但望教開，故無有罪；非不造事，故入犯中。

The meaning of superior and inferior is also as clarified above. If the eight propositions are viewed in relation to each other, merely placing the latter proposition in the second grade lower, and the initial proposition in the third grade upper, makes the sequential meaning convenient. Question: Since the lower proposition entails no offense, how can it be called an inferior violation? Answer: It is merely that by looking to the teaching there is an exception, hence there is no offense; it is not that no act was committed, so it enters among violations.