華嚴經內章門等雜孔目章 4.51

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八人者，見道中八忍是也。與智為別，力要故別得人名。此之八人，通一乘、三乘、小乘。小乘八人淺，人空未窮。初教八人次深，法無我理未盡。熟教法無我德，由未究竟。一乘法界，然始明了。今下經云明了法者，一乘別教及同教義，並皆周悉會解前之行德，故名明了法，宜可知之。餘義如別章。

Regarding the eight persons, they are the eight forbearances in the path of vision. Distinguishing them from cognitions, because their power is essential, they separately receive the name 'persons'. These eight persons apply across the Ekayāna, Triyāna, and Hīnayāna. The eight persons of the Hīnayāna are shallow, as they have not exhausted the emptiness of persons. The eight persons of the initial teaching are next in depth, but have not exhausted the principle of the non-self of dharmas. In the mature teaching, the virtue of the non-self of dharmas is still not ultimate. Only in the Ekayāna dharmadhātu is it clearly understood. Now, when the sutra below speaks of 'those who clearly understand dharmas', both the distinct teaching and the shared teaching of the Ekayāna comprehensively integrate and understand the preceding virtues of practice; hence they are named 'those who clearly understand dharmas', which should be known. The remaining meanings are as in the separate chapter.