台家有理具事造之目，法性之理體，自爾具三千之諸法，為理具，依緣造起為事造，山外之正義，依理具之三千而有事造之三千，山外之異義，立事造之三千而不許理具之三千也。
Wholly noumenal or all things as aspects of the absolute, a doctrine of the Tiantai 'profounder' school, in contrast with the 事造 of the 'shallower' school, which considered all things to be phenomenally produced.
天台宗有理具和事造的名稱，法性的理體，本來具足三千之諸法，為理具，依緣而生起，為事造。