However, it is said that Dosho, who went to China, learned the dogma of the Hosso sect from Genjo and introduced it to Japan, was not satisfied with such activities under the national control as a Buddhist, so he was engaged in an independent mission among the common people though digging wells and building bridges in various regions.
ただし、中国に渡り玄奘から法相宗の教理を学び日本に伝えた道昭は、このような国家体制の仏教活動に飽きたらず、各地へ赴き井戸を掘ったり橋を架けるなどをして、民衆に仏教を教下する活動を行ったとされる。