Zen Buddhism originally recruited widely under the Jippo-Jujisei system of succession to the abbacy in Zen temples, but Daitoku-ji Temple was not involved in the system and this letter recognizes that only those monks who were followers of Shuho Myocho could be installed into the role of abbot.
禅宗では本来、広く人材を募る「十方住持制」をとっているが、大徳寺はこの制度によらず、開祖宗峰妙超の法系の僧のみを住職とすることを認めた文書である。