On the other hand, in the philology there is a theory that the Hokke-kyo sutra was written by a religious organization that was opposed to the monopoly by full-time priests of Hinayana around the beginning of the A.D. epoch or the end of the B.C. epoch.
一方、文献学的研究では、法華経が、西暦紀元前後、部派仏教と呼ばれる専従僧侶独占に反発する教団によって編纂されたと推測する説もある。