"Aspect of Consciousness-only." The teaching that the known world is a collection of the aspects of all dharmas， but is nothing but consciousness. Investigating the characteristics of the world. The ideograph 相 refers to the phenomenal world. This aspect of Consciousness-only is explained through the first four levels of apprehension of Consciousness-only. This is in contrast to xingweishi 性唯识 which is the true principle of Consciousness-only. 相唯识 is a category that explains the manifest appearances of consciousness， and it refers to all existences （法） of the nature of dependent arising that are established within true thusness.