肇論疏 3.9

3.9

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.