Thereafter, the Imperial Court continued to strive to absorb additional knowledge by having students accompany Kenzuishi (and subsequently Kentoshi, the Japanese delegations to visit the Tang Dynasty) and by inviting numerous Buddhist monks and scholars from Mainland China or various ports of call from the Korean Peninsula.
その後も、朝廷は遣隋使（後には遣唐使）に留学生を随行させたり、中国本土ないし寄港地の朝鮮半島西岸から多数の僧侶ないし学者を招聘して、さらなる知識吸収につとめた。