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Definition[1]

The Lotus School, which adds to the triyāna, or Three Vehicles, a fourth which includes the other three, viz. the 一佛乘 q. v.

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]

(術語)又曰四乘家。大乘有三乘家與一乘家之異義,如三論法相為三乘家,其說謂佛之教法,終始不超三乘,但法華已前,主說三乘,於法華廢權之二乘,而歸實之一菩薩乘。然則權實雙存而有三乘,因而謂之為三乘家。又如華嚴天台三乘中之菩薩乘與二乘皆為方便假說,至法華更說一佛乘,開會前之三乘而圓融之。因而謂之為一乘家。若權實雙存,則應謂為四乘家。以此而觀法華經譬喻品之文,長者於宅內與諸子者,為羊鹿牛之三車,諸子既出露地,長者與之者,為大白牛車之一。解釋此文,三乘家謂一乘與三乘中之菩薩乘同體,唯於三之中廢二立一耳,三之名非有別乘,則是宅內之三車與宅外之大白牛車非別物,三車中之牛車,即大白牛車,因而稱之為三車家也。一乘家謂三乘中之菩薩乘,非有實因實果,但是假說,開會三乘而說真實之一佛乘,教理行果,遙與彼異,則是羊鹿牛三車外,別有大白牛車之一車,權實合有四車,因而呼一乘家為四車家,浸假依之而立四乘教也。

Source
丁福保《佛學大辭典》
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