妙法蓮華經玄義 10.32

10.32

Such are the faults of the five periods; as for the four periods and three periods, there is no need to refute them further—the doctrinal classifications of the South can no longer be relied upon. Now I further challenge the proponents of the three periods, who say: from after the twelve years up to the Lotus, all are identically called the signless teaching; [if so,] then since the Lotus unifies the three, the Prajñā should also converge into the one. If it does not, how could they both identically be signless? The four periods are also analogous to this.