During this dispute, Saicho wrote voluminous books such as "Shugo-kokkai-sho" (An Essay on the Protection of the Nation), "Hokke-shuku" (The Outstanding Principles of the Lotus Sutra) and so on and they were written for rebuttals to criticism of Tokuitsu.
この論争の間、最澄は『守護国界章』『法華秀句』など大部の著作を執筆しており、これは徳一からの批判への反論の書として書かれたものである。