She-lun-shi was scholars of one school who speacialy propagated Mahayanasamgraha in the date between Chen and Sui Dynasties. The founder was Paramartha. His disciples Hui-kai etc. were the second generation of She-lun-shi. The third generation included Zhi-yin, a disciple of Zhi-kai, and others. The fourth generation was Hui-jin, a disciple of Sen-rong, and others. Among the fifth scholars of this school Ling-jue the disciple of Zhi-ning was most famous and also some others. The protruding characteristic of She-lun-shi's philosophical theory is the nine consciousnesses. There is another amala-vijnana, the ninth conscicousness in addition to eight consciousnesses.