However, newly published historical accounts, such as the "Keitokuden Toroku," were introduced the Northern Song period and as they were included in Daizo-kyo Sutra (the Tripitaka), the importance of the Horinden declined rapidly, and finally they were dispersed and lost.
だが、北宋代になると、『景徳伝灯録』などの新出の灯史が出現し、またそれらが、大蔵経に入蔵されたことによって、急速に存在の意義を失ってしまい、やがて散佚することとなってしまった。