Toshi subsequently continued to be compiled for generations until the Qing Dynasty period but, with that book being the catalyst, books with different significance from the traditional genealogy of toshi began to emerge from the schools of Zen.
その後も灯史の編纂は清朝まで歴代続けられるが、本書が画期となって、従来の灯史の系譜とは異なった意味合いを有した書が、禅の系統から現われて来る。