He learned the Tendai doctrine and was installed as Hoin (the highest rank of priest) Dai Sozu (the second highest position, upper grade, of priest); on the other hand he knew very well about Confucianism as well as Chinese poetry and prose.
天台教学を学び法印大僧都に就任したが、一方で儒学や漢詩文にも通じていた。