As a result , to define it correctly , the " history of buddhism ” is confined to the manmade “ phenomenal aspect of things " rather than the " essential aspect of dharma ; " the " phenomenal aspect of things " refers largely to the manmade " handing - down and constitution of dharma , records of documents , and right / wrong explications about the meanings of dharma " by all the different doctrines 因为法的实际具有普遍性、恒常性、唯一性的特质，并无所谓的思想本质之演变现象，而只有诸家传持者对教法理解的正讹深浅广狭的差别；因此，对佛教史一语的正确界定，只能局限在世问人为操作之事相的现象面上，而不能指涉法性的本质面。
