The first half of fascicle six bears the general title daibie 代別, and consists of a collection of one hundred old cases, fifty-three of which are appended answers known as daiyu 代語 (lit.: 'substitute reply' ), and to the remaining forty-seven of which are attached answers known as bieyu 別語 (lit: 'different opinion' ). In the former case, the Heshang offers his reply to a dialogue 問答, which had concluded with the disciple failure to answer; thus the Heshang is responding for the disciple. In the latter case, Heshang, not agreeing with the final answer to a gong'an 公案, offers a different response conveying his own view. These methods of handling gong'an originated with Yunmen Wenyan 雲門文偃 (864–949), founder of the Yunmen school of Chan and can be found scattered through the Yunmen Kuangzhen chanshi guanglu 雲門匡眞禪師廣錄.

A copy of the first seven fascicles is said to have been brought to Japan by Heshangʼs Japanese heir, Nanpo Jōmyō 南浦紹明 (1235–1309), better known by his posthumous title Daiō Kokushi 大應國師. In 1313, complying with Kokushiʼs request shortly before his death, his disciples published a Japanese edition of the complete Heshang yulu (J. Kidō roku) in ten sections, adding a short epilogue, which includes miscellaneous biographical and other material. The daibie 代別 of Heshang is now used for advanced students of kōan study in the Takujū 卓洲 line of the Japanese Rinzai school and can be found in kōan anthologies used by Zen monks in training, such as the Zudokko 塗毒鼓.