Visuddhimagga VII-70

Sakalopi sāsanadhammo attano atthabhūtena sīlena ādikalyāṇo, samathavipassanāmaggaphalehi majjhekalyāṇo, nibbānena pariyosānakalyāṇo.

全部教法自己的要义的戒为初善，止、观、道、果为中善，涅盘为后善。

Ñ(VII,70): Also the entire Dhamma of the Dispensation is good in the beginning with virtue as one's own well-being. It is good in the middle with serenity and insight and with path and fruition. It is good in the end with nibbāna.

Sīlasamādhīhi vā ādikalyāṇo, vipassanāmaggehi majjhekalyāṇo, phalanibbānehi pariyosānakalyāṇo.

或者以戒与定为初善，止观 [PTS214] 与道为中善，果与涅盘为后善。

Ñ: Or alternatively, it is good in the beginning with virtue and concentration. [214] It is good in the middle with insight and the path. It is good in the end with fruition and nibbāna.

Buddhasubodhitāya vā ādikalyāṇo, dhammasudhammatāya majjhekalyāṇo, saṅghasuppaṭippattiyā pariyosānakalyāṇo.

（又于三宝中）佛的善觉性为初善，法的善法性为中善，僧的善行道性为后善。

Ñ: Or alternatively, it is good in the beginning because it is the good discovery made by the Buddha. It is good in the middle because it is the well-regulatedness of the Dhamma. It is good in the end because it is the good way entered upon by the Saṅgha.

Taṃ sutvā tathatthāya paṭipannena adhigantabbāya abhisambodhiyā vā ādikalyāṇo, paccekabodhiyā majjhekalyāṇo, sāvakabodhiyā pariyosānakalyāṇo.

又闻佛法，如法行道，得证等正菩提为初善，证辟支菩提为中善，证声闻菩提为后善。

Ñ: Or alternatively, it is good in the beginning as the discovery of what can be attained by one who enters upon the way of practice in conformity after hearing about it. It is good in the middle as the unproclaimed enlightenment [of Paccekabuddhas]. It is good in the end as the enlightenment of disciples.