Matching the winner - Ichishoretsu

Japanese: 一致勝劣 - いっちしょうれつ

A term that abbreviates Honjyaku (the unity of Honjyaku) and Honjyaku (the superiority or inferiority of Honjyaku). In interpreting the Lotus Sutra, the first 14 chapters (meaning 14 chapters) were called Shakumon (the trace gate), and the latter 14 chapters were called Honmon (the main gate), and the relationship between the two gates was discussed. Nichiren considered the Lotus Sutra to be the salvation of Shakyamuni, the founder of the teachings, for the Latter Days of the Law, and criticized the traditional Tendai sect's interpretation that the trace gate and the main gate are one and the same, arguing that it is the main gate that guarantees salvation through the Lotus Sutra. After Nichiren's death, there was a conflict over this interpretation between the theory that Honjyaku is the same as Honmon, which holds that Honmon is important but that it is in a relationship of unity with the trace gate, and the argument that the superiority or inferiority of Honjyaku should be clarified.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

本迹（ほんじやく）一致と本迹勝劣を省略した語。《法華経》を解釈するにあたり，前半の14品(14章の意味)を迹門（しやくもん）とよび，後半の14品を本門とし，両門の関係が論じられた。日蓮は《法華経》をもって末代(末法)への教主釈尊の救いとし，天台宗が伝統的に迹門本門を一体とする解釈を批判して，本門によってこそ《法華経》の救いが保証されるとした。日蓮滅後，この解釈をめぐって，本門に比重はあるが迹門とは一致の関係にあるとする本迹一致説と，その相違点を明確にせよという本迹勝劣の主張が対立した。

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