진여 (眞如)가 아닌 속제 (俗諦) 또는 가제 (假諦)와 같은 뜻으로, 중생구제를 위한 상대적 진리로 일종의 방편. 삼제 (三諦) 참조

The conventional truth, or the relative truth of the phenomenal world as opposed to the ultimate truth established as expediency for the deliverance of sentient beings. Cf. (Samje) The Threefold truth of the Tientai Sect.