我常称其于说法人中最为第一 (我常稱其於說法人中最為第一) wǒ cháng chēng qí yú shuō fǎ rén zhōng zuì wèi dì yī

wǒ cháng chēng qí yú shuō fǎ rén zhōng zuì wèi dì yī phrase whom I have designated as the foremost of preachers in this assembly
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Notes: Parallel, Sanskrit equivalent: yo mayāsya bhikṣusaṃghasya dharmakathikānām agryo nirdiṣṭaḥ; from the 妙法蓮華經 “Lotus Sutra” (Braarvig 2020, ch. 8; Hurvitz 2009, p. 157; Kern tr. 1884, ch. 8; Vaidya 1960, p. 128; T 262, Scroll 4, 9.0027b26)