Dumoulin speculates that as alms begging was no longer viable (due to the size of Daoxin’s community and its relative isolation from centers of population), the monks had no choice but to work in the fields and develop administrative skills as well as engage in meditation practice.
Dumoulin berspekulasi bahwa sedekah mengemis tidak lagi layak (karena ukuran perkumpulan Daoxin dan isolasi relatifnya dari pusat populasi), para bhikkhu tidak punya pilihan selain untuk bekerja di ladang dan mengembangkan keterampilan administrasi serta terlibat dalam praktik meditasi.