The Collection for the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism, Volume 2

Compiled by Vinaya Master Shi Sengyou, these writings (by laypeople as well as scholar-monastics) were intended to protect the Buddha Dharma from criticisms by Confucians and Daoists and the political powers of the time. As noted in the translator's introduction, Sengyou believed that "The Way is propagated by people, and the teaching is clarified by literature.""