阿彌陀經通贊疏 1.12

1.12

第二別明宗旨者，此方先德總判經論有其四宗：一、立性宗，《雜心》等是，立五聚法有體性故；二、破性宗，《成實》等是，破法體有性，唯有相故；三、破相宗，《般若》等是，破法相狀亦成空故；四、顯實宗，《涅槃》、《華嚴》、《法華》等是，顯於真實中道義故、捨化城而歸寶所等故。此經乃是第四宗也。

Second, regarding the specific clarification of the doctrinal tenets: past masters of this land have generally classified the sūtras and treatises into four schools: first, the School of Establishing Nature, represented by the Samyuktābhidharmahṛdaya and others, because it establishes that the five categories of dharmas have real substantial nature; second, the School of Refuting Nature, represented by the Tattvasiddhi and others, because it refutes that the substance of dharmas has real nature, asserting that there are only characteristics; third, the School of Refuting Characteristics, represented by the Prajñāpāramitā and others, because it refutes the characteristics of dharmas as also being empty; fourth, the School of Revealing Reality, represented by the Nirvāṇa, Avataṃsaka, Lotus Sūtra, and others, because it reveals the true Middle Way meaning, abandoning the conjured city to return to the treasure trove, and so on. This sūtra belongs to the fourth school.