Not only the genealogy books of Zen Sect such as "Busso Rekidai Tsuusai" and "Shakushi Keikoryaku" but also literary works on the history of the Buddhism on the whole were compiled.
それは、『仏祖歴代通載』や『釈氏稽古略』という、禅宗の系譜のみでなく、仏教全体の歴史を著した著作の編纂である。