During the great T’ang dynasty, the Dharma Master Chan-jan, following the standards of past sages and the thousand-year [tradition of Buddhism], was singularly astute. The restoration of the Path was truly due to this man. In his [Chih-kuan] i-li [Chan-jan] says, “The gist of the teachings of this Tendai school is to utilize the Lotus Sutra for its essential structure, the Ta Chih tu lun for its instruction, the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra for commentarial support, and the Pañcaviṃśati-sāhasrikā-prajn͂ā-pāramitā Sūtra for methods of contemplation; to quote all Sutras to increase faith; and to quote all treatises as aids to understanding. The contemplation of the mind is its warp and all doctrines its woof. The many texts are thus woven together, and not in the same way as others.” Thus from the beginning it was a fast boat [for crossing over] the waters of wisdom, and a diked road for the subtle vehicle [to cross to the other shore of enlightenment].