法界圖記叢髓錄 1.26

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真秀記云：五十四角者，表人知識，謂五十五知識也。以合初後二文殊，故唯五十四；合舉初後通取中間為一圓智。普賢知識是所證理，法界諸法不出理智故也。二百一十字者，法知識也。謂〈離世間品〉普惠雲興二百句問，普賢瓶瀉二千句答，每一句問皆以十句答，故云一十也。

The record of Zhenxiu says: "The fifty-four corners represent the spiritual friends (kalyāṇamitra) who are persons, namely the fifty-five spiritual friends. Because the initial and final appearances of Mañjuśrī are combined, there are only fifty-four; combining the initial and final appearances and embracing those in between forms a single complete wisdom. The spiritual friend Samantabhadra is the principle realized, for none of the phenomena of the dharmadhātu go beyond principle and wisdom. The two hundred and ten characters represent the spiritual friend that is the Dharma. That is to say, in the 'Chapter on Leaving the World,' the clouds of Universal Wisdom arise with two hundred questions, and Samantabhadra pours forth from his vase two thousand answers; for each question ten lines of answers are given, hence it is said to be 'ten.'"