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「一往四句」者：凡聖通途皆論四句，此意可知。「無窮四句」者：四四瀾漫無貲，如四十八番中示其相（云云）。「結位四句」者：分齊四句，剋定是非，如單、複、具足等，住著不亡，即凡夫四句；若無句義為句義，是聖人四句。「襵牒四句」者：結凡夫四句牒為有句；牒二乘為無句；牒菩薩為亦有亦無句；牒佛為非有非無句。「得悟四句」者：隨句入處，即成悟入之門；四句即成四門。「攝屬四句」者：隨諸句門悟入何法，以法分之，屬諸法門也。「權實四句」者：諸法四句之門，三四為權，一四為實也。「開顯四句」者：開一切四句，皆入一實四句。若入實四句皆不可說也。佛教四句齊此。「失意四句」者：執佛四句而起諍競，過同凡夫也。「得意四句」者：菩薩見失意之過，作小大論，申佛兩四句，破執遣迷，則有得意四句，作論之功息矣。

"Initial four propositions" means: both ordinary persons and sages commonly discourse in terms of four propositions; this meaning can be understood. "Infinite four propositions" means: the fours multiplied upon fours billow boundlessly without limit, as shown in their aspects across the forty-eight variations (and so forth). "Determining ranks four propositions" means: the delimiting four propositions, precisely determining right and wrong—such as the simple, compound, and complete [four views]—which, if clung to without disappearance, are the four propositions of ordinary persons; whereas taking propositionlessness as the purport of a proposition constitutes the four propositions of sages. "Layering four propositions" means: taking the four propositions of ordinary persons and layering them as the proposition of existence; layering those of the two vehicles as the proposition of non-existence; layering those of bodhisattvas as the proposition of both existence and non-existence; and layering those of the Buddha as the proposition of neither existence nor non-existence. "Attaining awakening four propositions" means: whatever proposition provides entry becomes a gate to awakening; the four propositions thus become four gates. "Subsumption four propositions" means: according to which dharma is awakened to through these gates of propositions, distinguishing them by dharma so that they pertain to the various dharma-gates. "Expedient and real four propositions" means: among the gates of the four propositions of all dharmas, three fours are expedient and one four is real. "Opening and revealing four propositions" means: opening all four propositions so that they all enter the one real four propositions. If they enter the real four propositions, all are ineffable. The four propositions of the Buddha's teaching are on this level. "Missing the intent four propositions" means: grasping at the Buddha's four propositions and thereby giving rise to dispute, whose error is identical to that of ordinary persons. "Grasping the intent four propositions" means: the bodhisattvas, seeing the error of missing the intent, composed the Hinayāna and Mahāyāna treatises to elucidate the Buddha's two sets of four propositions, refuting attachment and dispelling confusion; then there are the four propositions of grasping the intent, whereupon the function of composing treatises ceases.