大乘義章 1.25

1.25

第七門中寬狹義者，三藏相望，不辨寬狹。今以三中修多羅藏，對十二中修多羅部，辨其寬狹。十二部中修多羅部，義別有三：一總修多羅、二別修多羅、三略修多羅，備如前解。此三種中，總修多羅一向是寬，統苞十二、該括三藏。略修多羅，其義次寬，十二部經及三藏中皆通有之。別修多羅，望三藏中修多羅藏，互有寬狹。三藏之中修多羅藏，具攝十二，是故言寬；不攝毘尼、阿毘曇藏，故名為狹。十二部中修多羅部，不攝其餘之十一部，故名之為狹；該通三藏，是故名寬。雖不具足，全攝三藏，三藏之中通皆有故。良以是非差別雖分，今以四句相對辨之。一者是其修多羅藏，亦得名為修多羅部，謂初藏中修多羅部。二者是其修多羅藏，而不得名修多羅部，謂初藏中餘十一部。三者非是修多羅藏，而得名為修多羅部，謂彼毘尼阿毘曇中修多羅部。四者非是修多羅藏，而復非是修多羅部，謂彼毘尼、阿毘曇中餘十一部。三藏之義，略辨如是。

Seventh, regarding the meaning of broad and narrow: when the three piṭakas are compared with one another, broadness and narrowness are not distinguished. Now, taking the Sūtra Piṭaka among the three and comparing it with the sūtra category among the twelve [categories of scripture], their broadness and narrowness are distinguished. The sūtra category among the twelve divisions has three distinct senses: first, the general sūtra; second, the particular sūtra; third, the abridged sūtra, completely as explained earlier. Among these three kinds, the general sūtra is throughout broad, comprehensively containing the twelve and encompassing the three piṭakas. The abridged sūtra is next in breadth; it is commonly present in both the twelve divisions of scriptures and the three piṭakas. The particular sūtra, compared with the Sūtra Piṭaka among the three piṭakas, is mutually broad and narrow. The Sūtra Piṭaka among the three piṭakas fully subsumes all twelve, and therefore it is called broad; it does not subsume the Vinaya or Abhidharma Piṭakas, and therefore it is called narrow. The sūtra category among the twelve categories does not subsume the remaining eleven categories, and therefore it is called narrow; but it extends throughout the three piṭakas, and therefore it is called broad. Although it does not completely and entirely subsume the three piṭakas, it is commonly present in all three piṭakas. Indeed, because the distinctions of inclusion and non-inclusion are clearly divided, we now distinguish them using four propositions: First, that which is the Sūtra Piṭaka and may also be called the sūtra category, namely the sūtra category within the first piṭaka. Second, that which is the Sūtra Piṭaka but may not be called the sūtra category, namely the remaining eleven categories within the first piṭaka. Third, that which is not the Sūtra Piṭaka but may be called the sūtra category, namely the sūtra category within the Vinaya and Abhidharma. Fourth, that which is not the Sūtra Piṭaka and is also not the sūtra category, namely the remaining eleven categories within the Vinaya and Abhidharma. The meaning of the three piṭakas is thus briefly distinguished.