Even so, Myogyodo retained itself as a regular course, and in 969, a Myogyo hakase named Yuzo Toichi (十市有象) (the founder of the Nakahara clan) wrote an official letter that included a sentence criticizing Kidendo and Myohodo as 'small courses' (this letter is included in "Ruiju Fusensho" [A collection of official documents dating from the years 737 to 1093]).
それでも、明経道の本科としての意識は強く、明経博士を務めた十市有象（中原氏の祖）による安和2年（969年）の解文には、紀伝道と明法道を「小道」と非難する一文が載せられている（『類聚符宣抄』所収）。