七歲能背誦〈普門品〉，十八歲出家，法號智顗。二十三歲參謁慧思，一日，誦《法華經•藥王菩薩本事品》，豁然開悟。後師至金陵，於瓦官寺弘傳禪法。三十八歲，入天台山。後應陳後主之請再入金陵，於太極殿講《大智度論》及《仁王般若經》。隋開皇十一年，師五十四歲，應晉王楊廣之請，至揚州為授菩薩戒，王敕賜「智者」之號。師提出五時八教教判，著述建立天台宗行解的規範，力倡止觀相成、教相與觀心並行，修正南方「輕禪重講」與北方「輕講重禪」之偏頗，形成天台宗教觀雙美的特點。

At the age of 7, Zhizhe could memorize a chapter of the Lotus Sutra. Tonsured at the age of 18 with the Dharma name Zhiyi, he became Huisi’s disciple at 23 years of age. He later went to Jinling to propagate Chan teachings at Waguan Temple. From the age of 38, he stayed at Tiantaishan. He then returned to Jinling at the request of Emperor Houzhu of the Chen Dynasty to teach the Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra and Benevolent King Sutra in the palace. When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was still a prince, he invited Zhizhe, who was then 54 years old to transmit the Bodhisattva Precepts at Yangzhou. The prince bestowed upon him the name Zhizhe, which means the “wise one.” He interpreted the sutras in terms of Five Periods and Eight Doctrines, and promoted the two-fold practice of cessation and contemplation. He gave equal importance to theory and practice, reconciling the overemphasis on meditation in the north and scholasticism in the south. His teachings formed the distinctiveness of the Tiantai School.

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