mòshì
澆末之世代也。釋迦入滅後五百年為正法時，次一千年為像法時，後萬年為末法時。末世者，即末法時也。
The third and last period of a Buddha-kalpa; the first is the first 500 years of correct doctrine, the second is the 1, 000 years of semblance law, or approximation to the doctrine, and the third a myriad years of its decline and end. Also 末代.
last phase of an age
lifelong