'Five-fold Consciousness-only.' The five levels of the apprehension of the principle of consciousness-only 唯识. These are five kinds of distinctions made in level of realization， from shallow to deep. They are: （1） The consciousness of expelling the false and abiding in the real; （2） The consciousness of the expulsion of confusion and holding to true awareness; （3） Holding to the function and returning to the essence; （4） Concealing the mean and manifesting the superior; （5） dispelling manifestations and apprehending the true nature. This theory of five layers appears in Kuiji's Dasheng fayuanyi linzhang 大乘法圆义林章. Here， in making the division between subjective consciousness and objective realm， the one hundred elements are shown to be the objective realm， while the five layers are explained as the existential aspect of subjective consciousness.