四分律行事鈔資持記 3.134

3.134

邊方五事，即迦旃延在阿槃提國，為億耳沙彌受戒；三年方得僧足，故遣億耳請佛開之。受戒洗浴，並是因引，餘三正用。初中注云三年方集，即億耳之緣。五云得衣入手者，若手未捉，多日不犯。律下，示中邊分齊。律言東方，即中梵之東。白木條已內，皆屬五天境界。準應四方皆有分齊，文略餘方。注引《貢職圖》，梁湘東王撰，一卷，號《百國貢職圖》。此在彼東者，謂此震旦又在白木條東。故指彼為西蕃也。而下，決開制。初五兩開，僧多還制。餘三永開。

The 'five matters of the borderlands' arose when Kātyāyana was in Avanti and was to ordain the novice Śroṇa Koṭīkarṇa; it took three years to assemble a quorum of monks, so he sent Śroṇa to request the Buddha to grant exceptions. The ordination and bathing are both cited as the inciting context, while the remaining three are for direct use. In the first, the note says 'it took three years to assemble', which was Śroṇa's circumstance. The fifth says 'the robe reaching the hand' means that if one's hand has not yet grasped it, holding it for many days is not an offense. 'Under the Vinaya' and below shows the boundary between the central and border regions. When the Vinaya speaks of the 'eastern region', it means the east of Central India. Everything within the white-wood line belongs to the realm of the Five Indias. By analogy, all four directions should have boundaries, but the text omits the other directions. The note cites the *Illustrations of Tribute Bearers*, compiled by the King of Xiangdong of the Liang dynasty in one fascicle, entitled *Illustrations of Tribute Bearers from a Hundred States*. 'This lies to the east of that' means that China lies further east of the white-wood line; thus it refers to that as the Western Barbarian lands. 'And...' and below resolves the exceptions and prohibitions. The first and fifth are granted as exceptions, but if monks are numerous, the prohibition returns; the other three are permanent exceptions.