遵式为天台高僧,是宋初天台宗"山家派"的代表人物,精于忏法的制定与推广,被誉为"慈云忏主""慈云尊者"。同时,遵式亦致力于天台教籍的整理、编目,撰有《天台教随函目录》《天台教观目录》两部佛籍目录。其中,《天台教观目录》在著录对象、分类、序言及注语方面富有特色,为宋初天台宗发展奠定了良好的典籍与教观理论基础,是遵式弘法传教的重要工具。
As an eminent monk and one of the representatives of“Shanjia of Tiantai Sect,” Zun Shi was good at formulating and spreading the Repentence, was regarded as Ciyun Repentence Master and Sage Ciyun. Besides, Zun Shi made outstanding achievements in sorting out and cataloguing Tiantai Sect literature, such as Catalogue of Tiantai Sect Classics in Tripitaka and Tiantai Sect Classics Catalogue which owns the features of cataloguing ob-jects, kind sorting and etc. , and is an important means for Zun Shi to propagate doctrine of Tiantai Sect.