[Buddha-l] Chinese Canon

[Jackhat1 at aol.com]

Is the Chinese Canon merely a commentary on the Pali Canon and thus less  
authoritative (closer to the Buddha's intention)? Or, did parts of the  early 
canon got recorded in Chinese before the Pali was sometimes later tampered  
with and that is why some of the differences in the Chinese canon can 
sometimes  be more authoritative, 
 
I really don't want to get into a discussion of what authoritative means. 
 
jack