Four months after foundation of the Dobunkai, the Toa-dobunkai nationalism group which was set up through the consolidation of the Dobunkai and the Toa-kai recognized the Qing dynasty based on the 'China conservation.'
同文会設立の4ヵ月後、同会と東亜会の合併により設立された東亜同文会は「支那保全論」に基づき清朝を容認した。