Ingen's "Obaku-shingi" (Obaku code of conduct) had a great impact on the rehabilitation of religious code of conduct of Japanese Zen sects which began to be lapsed at that time, and the book was viewed as a valued model for the religious reform movement of Soto Sect led by Dohaku MANZAN.
隠元の『黄檗清規』は、乱れを生じていた当時の禅宗各派の宗統・規矩の更正に大きな影響を与え、特に卍山道白らによる曹洞宗の宗門改革では重要な手本とされた。