In those days, the Buddhist society in China did not approve the Daijo kaidan at Enryaku-ji Temple, and the priests who had been given the precepts of Buddhism at that temple were not recognized as priests in China.
当時は、中国の仏教界は延暦寺の大乗戒壇を、戒壇としては認めておらず、ここで受戒した僧は、中国では僧侶として認められなかった。