"The seven groups (of Buddhist disciples)." (1) bhiks!u, 比丘 (Pali bhikkhu); (monks). (2) bhiks!un!i^ 比丘尼(Pali bhikkhuni^), (nuns). (3) upa^saka (male lay practitioners). (4) upa^sika^ (female lay practitioners). (5) monks who are not of age (/sra^man!era 沙弥 Pali sa^man!era), (6) nuns not yet of age /sra^man!erika^ 沙弥尼 (Pali sa^man!eri^). In the case of women, there is a special category of nuns who are in between the older and the younger group, who are called (7) /siks!ama^n!a^ 式叉摩那 (Pali sikkhama^na^). The first two groups keep the full set of the Buddhist precepts; the two groups of lay practitioners are only required to keep the five precepts (wujie 五戒). The /siks!ama^n!a^ s receive the six rules 六法 and the /sra^man!eras and /sra^man!erika^s receive the ten precepts 十戒.