肇論疏 3.9

3.9

第三、申國恩也。微，微少也，謙辭耳。猥，眾也。學肆，謂學問之處也。《周禮》云：司市常以陳肆辦物。而學中陳引書史，如市肆列萬物也。肆，陳也。今謂習學之處，名為學肆耳。在什公門下十有餘載，十九事什公，三十一亡，十餘年也。雖眾經殊致勝趣非一，《大品》、《法華》等，各有意趣也。然涅槃一義常以聽習為先，但言聽涅槃義，不言經也。尋下論文，往往有引涅槃文處，或可什公亡後見《涅槃經》也。

Third, making known the state's benevolence. 'Insignificant' means humble and slight, an expression of modesty. 'Humble' (wei) means among the multitude. 'Academy' (xuesi) refers to a place of learning and inquiry. The Rites of Zhou says: 'The market director always arranges stalls to handle goods.' In places of study, books and histories are displayed and cited just as the market stalls display the myriad goods. Si means to display. Here a place of practicing study is called an academy. 'Having been among Master Kumārajīva's disciples for more than ten years': he served Master Kumārajīva at nineteen and died at thirty-one, which is more than ten years. 'Although the various sūtras have diverse purports and their supreme paths are not singular': the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā, Lotus Sūtra, and others each have their own purports. 'Yet regarding the single doctrine of nirvāṇa, I always took listening and studying as primary': he only speaks of listening to the doctrine of nirvāṇa, not the sūtra. In investigating the text of the treatise below, there are often places where he quotes the Nirvāṇa Sūtra; perhaps after Master Kumārajīva died he saw the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra.