An interpretation of documents and theoretical analysis shows that, of the so called "Six Schools and Seven Sects" in the Kingdom of Wei, the Dynasty of Jin and the North South Dynasty, only the Dao an Sect, the Zhi Daoling Sect and the Zhi Mindu Sect, according to the Monk Zhao, belonged to the early schools of Mahayana under the influence of metaphysics. The other three sects, namely, the Gan Fakai Sect, the Daoyi Sect and the Yu Daosui Sect, however, were all Buddhist schools under the influence of Hin...
