法華論疏 1.233

1.233

「問一人者」已下，第二解大眾疑，有二：一者大眾疑念、二者彌勒發問，今具釋此二也。大眾疑念中有二：一彌勒疑念，今但釋彌勒，不釋大眾。彌勒疑念有三：一問佛何因緣故現瑞、二訪決疑之人、三得袟彈之主，則但釋初後二也。問一人者，文殊應是第三釋得袟彈之主，而在初則有此釋者，斯論大宗明取文意而釋經也。彌勒雖有三章之經，而意在問於文殊，是故在前釋問文殊意也。何故唯問文殊一人者，此是問也。

"Asking one person..." and below is the second, resolving the doubts of the great assembly, which has two parts: first, the doubt and reflection of the great assembly; second, Maitreya's posing of the question. Now both of these are fully explained. Within the doubt and reflection of the great assembly, there are two parts: first, Maitreya's doubt and reflection. Now he only explains Maitreya, not the great assembly. Maitreya's doubt and reflection has three parts: first, asking what cause and condition prompted the Buddha to display the portents; second, seeking a person who can resolve the doubts; third, finding the master who can settle the queries. Thus he only explains the first and the last two. Regarding "asking one person": Mañjuśrī should belong to the third, explaining the finding of the master who can settle the queries; yet having this explanation at the very beginning is because the main method of this treatise is to grasp the intent of the text in explaining the sūtra. Although Maitreya's text spans three sections, his intention lies in asking Mañjuśrī; therefore, [the treatise] explains the intention of asking Mañjuśrī first. Why ask Mañjuśrī alone? This is the question.