These four correspond to Fivefold Periods as Ton-kyo to the Period of Kegon-kyo, Zen-kyo to three periods of Agon-kyo, Hodo-kyo and Hannya-kyo, Himitsu-kyo and Fujo-kyo to a part of Kegon and Agon, Hodo and Hannya and neither Ton-kyo, Zen-kyo, Himitsu-kyo nor Fujo-kyo correspond to the Period of Hoke-Nehan-kyo.
これを五時と配釈すると、頓教は華厳時、漸教は阿含・方等・般若の三時、秘密教と不定教は華厳の一部と阿含・方等・般若となり、非頓非漸・非秘密非不定が法華涅槃時とする。