詮釋學=Hermeneutics; 善巧方便=方便施設=Upayakausalia=Upaya; 格義佛教; 方便品; 妙法蓮華經=法華經=The Lotus Sutra=Saddharma-pundarika Sutra; 譯經=The Translation of Sutra; 中國佛教史=Chinese Buddhist History
As for Chinese Buddhism, the understanding and interpretation of Indian Buddhist sutra is nearly a kind of cultural "grafting". The earliest interpreters of Buddhist sutra must combine their own understanding and interpretation with the life context of the Han people, that is why they adopt the Geyi hermeneutical method of comparing Indian Buddhist theory to Chinese Confucianism and Taoism. Scholars think differently so far as the time and exact meanings of Geyi are concerned, yet the essence of that should be a method combining the western and eastern cultures. The Geyi method fully proves the hermeneutical principle that the history of existence decides that of understanding. From Eastern Jin Dynasty till Sui and Tang Dynasty, there have appeared a lot of Jing and Shu, and academic discussions find their way in different interpretations of Buddhist sutras and texts. Hence different schools come into being. Taking the example of "fangbian" in Fa Hua Jing, we can find 4 features of Jingshu in Chinese Buddhism, i.e., relatedeness, extensiveness, delicacy and diversity. Shulun is a good example of integrity between Chinese culture and Indian one.
