teaching that unites the branch teaching with the root teaching [摂末帰本法輪] ( shōmatsu-kihon-hōrin): One component of the “thrice turned wheel of the Law,” a division of Shakyamuni’s lifetime teachings into three categories set forth by Chi-tsang (549–623), a systematizer of the doctrines of the Three Treatises (San-lun) school in China. See thrice turned wheel of the Law.