It is said that there were 16 kinds of translations to Chinese for this sutra, but currently the following three translations remain complete: "the Lotus Sutra" (translated by Hogo JIKU, Zhu Fahua in the second century), ""(translated by Kumaraju in the fifth century), "添品妙法蓮華経"(translated by Jnana-gupta and Dharmagupta in the seventh century).
この経典に対する漢訳は十六種類が行われたとされるが、完訳が現存するのは『正法華経』（竺法護訳、2世紀）、『』（鳩摩羅什訳、5世紀）、『添品妙法蓮華経』（闍那崛多・達磨笈多共訳、7世紀）の三種である。