Looking back at the behavior of Hideaki and the fate of the Kobayakawa clan, and considering the fact that the Toyotomi clan was defeated by Ieyasu TOKUGAWA after Ieyasu gained full control of the nation, it can be said that the head family of the Mori clan was saved because Takakage adopted Hideaki to be a member of the Kobayakawa clan.
この秀秋の行状や小早川氏の運命と、天下を取った後に徳川家康が豊臣氏を滅ぼしたことを思えば、隆景が秀秋を小早川氏に引き取ったからこそ、毛利氏宗家は救われたということもできる。