Then he concludes that 'the law established for the first time' refers to Omi-Ryo, which was created to inflate the achievement of Emperor Tenchi, and the successive Ritsuryo codes (codes to control the centralized governance) all together.
そこで、「初め定めた法」は、天智天皇の業績を持ち上げるために作られた近江令とその後継の律令のことだとする。