釋氏要覽 2.473

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The eminent monk Faya was skilled in internal and external learning. Many lay scholars consulted him. Because the meaning of the sūtras was difficult to understand, Faya compared them with external books to generate understanding, using them as analogies; this was called 'matching concepts' (geyi).

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釋氏要覽 — Classical Chinese