Since its arrival in China, Buddhism has absorbed the rich native philosophy, and requirements of religious discipline have been continually changed by the emperor or senior monks. It can thus fairly be said that Chinese Buddhism is not unchanging and there is not just one school of thought regarding religious discipline.
佛教從進入中國以來便已融合了中國本身豐厚的哲理文化，關於戒律的適用性，也在皇帝、高僧的影響下不斷調整，可以說中國的佛教原就不是一成不變的，對於戒律也不只持一種部派理論。