Chinese exegetical lineages (Chengshi lun, Di lun, Pitan, She lun, Nirvāṇa tradition)
A tradition no longer extant within Mahāyāna. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Chinese exegetical lineages (Chengshi lun, Di lun, Pitan, She lun, Nirvāṇa tradition) is recorded within Mahāyāna and is no longer extant.
Origin
No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. McRae lists these among the exegetical lineages of the 5th–6th centuries in China, each organised around a text: Chengshi lun (Treatise on the Perfection of Truth), Di lun (Commentary on the Sūtra of the Ten Stages), Pitan (Treatise on the Essence of the Abhidharma), She lun (Compendium of the Mahāyāna) and the Nirvāṇa tradition (Nirvāṇa Sūtra). Grouped rather than split because no founders or dates are supplied for any of them.
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Chinese exegetical lineages (Chengshi lun, Di lun, Pitan, She lun, Nirvāṇa tradition).” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-chinese-exegetical-lineages-chengshi-lun-di-lun-pitan-she-lun-nirvana-tradition.
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