After many scriptures had been introduced into China and compiled into Buddhist scriptures using Chinese characters, they were distinguished, according to Chinese-style interpretation of Shaka's teaching, based on their contents and the era of original teachings and monks sought perfect Satori (enlightenment) in unobstructed cultivation of Buddhism from such scriptures.
しかしてそれらの多くの経典が、中国へ伝えられ、漢訳仏典として集成されると、中国的な仏伝の解釈に基づき、これらの諸経典の教えの相や時期を分けて判別して、それらから仏道修行の完全なる悟りを得ようとした。