Jiaoxiang panshi

jiaoxiang panshi (J. kyōsō hanjaku; K. kyosang p’ansŏk 教相判釋). Literally, “classification and interpretation of the characteristics of the doctrine”. also known as jiaopan or panjiao (tenet classification). Tenet classification was a fundamental exegetical practice in East Asian Buddhism, in which scriptures or Buddhist teachings were ranked in order of their supposed relative profundity.

See: panjiao