In the early stages of the dispute, Saicho criticized "Bushosho" by Tokuitsu in "Shogon-jikkyo," but Tokuitsu did not answer at all to Saicho's critique in "Chuhen gikyo."
なお諍論の前期において、最澄が『照権実鏡』で徳一の『仏性抄』を批判したのに対し、徳一の『中辺義鏡』では最澄の反論に全く答えていない。