Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s1.t2.4

v1.c7.s1.t2.4

When Zhiyi was alive, he simply made narration instead of writing so that his disciple Guanding recorded and edited the “Three Major Masterpieces of Tien-Tai School” namely *Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra Sentences*, *Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra Doctrines* and *Maha Samatha Vipasyana* which were considered as the essential classics of Tien-Tai School. Besides, there are “Five Short Classics of Tien-Tai School”, namely, Guan Yin Xuan Yi, Guan Yin Shu, Jin Guang Ming Xuan Yi, Jin Guang Ming Sentences and Guan Jing Shu. The Tien-Tai School regarded *Saddharma Puṇḍarīka* (The Lotus of the True Law) as its basis so it was also called Nichiren Buddhism.