Based on internal evidence, Wang judges the traditional dating of the Fenbie gongde lun 分別功德論 T1507 to the Later Han to be incorrect, and proposes instead a dating of Jin, possibly Eastern Jin rather than Western Jin. He bases his argument on internal evidence of the following types: translations/transcriptions of Indic words, regular Chinese words, and frequently used words.
Based on internal evidence, Wang judges the traditional dating of the Fenbie gongde lun 分別功德論 T1507 to the Later Han to be incorrect, and proposes instead a dating of Jin, possibly Eastern Jin rather than Western Jin. He bases his argument on internal evidence of the following types: translations/transcriptions of Indic words, regular Chinese words, and frequently used words. T1507; Zengyi ahan jing shu 增壹阿含經疏; 分別功德論