At that time, Nanto rokushu (the six sects of Buddhism which flourished in ancient Nara), such as the Hosso Sect and the Kegon Sect, had already been introduced into Japan, but in China, they were the sects that were founded later than Tendai Sect.
この時代、すでに日本には法相宗や華厳宗など南都六宗が伝えられていたが、これらは中国では天台宗より新しく成立した宗派であった。