止觀輔行傳弘決 1.70

1.70

○次「今當」下，明正說，開為十章。章者，文藻也。詩云：彼都人士出言有章。今此大小無不成章，且從大段故略開十，一一無非止觀故也。止觀大意乃至第十止觀旨歸，說者皆應以止觀消之。「十是」下，明用十數意。言「數方」者，方猶法也。如《華嚴》中凡諸法門以十為數。

Next, from 'Now we shall...' onward clarifies the main exposition, opening into ten chapters. A 'chapter' (zhang) is literary elegance. The Book of Odes says: 'Those gentlemen of the capital, their speech has chapter (measure).' Now, whether great or small, none does not form a chapter; provisionally following the broad sections, it is briefly opened into ten, because every single one is nothing other than calming and contemplation. From the Great Purport of Calming and Contemplation up to the tenth, the Ultimate Destination of Calming and Contemplation, an expounder should explain all of them by means of calming and contemplation. From 'Ten is...' downward clarifies the intention of using the number ten. 'Number and direction' (shufang): fang is like method. Just as in the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, all dharma-gates take ten as their number.