『선원제전집』이 현재 전해지지 않으므로 『선원제전집도서』를 통해 『선원제전집』의 내용을 짐작할 수밖에 없다.
Since the Collected Explanations of the Origins of the Zen Sect is lost to history, it is inevitable to guess the contents of the Collected Explanations of the Origins of the Zen Sect through the General Preface thereto.