It is considered that the description mentioned above was a fiction created by the author of "Taiheiki" who was inspired by the description of Xian YU's death in "Shiki" (the Chinese Historical Records) as well as that of MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka's death in "Taiheiki" (the description of Yoshinaka's death is also likely to be a fiction created by the author of "Heike monogatari").
『史記』の項羽の最期や『平家物語』の源義仲の最期の記述にヒントを得た『太平記』作者の創作であると思われる（義仲の最期も『平家物語』作者の創作である可能性が高い）。