The above notion of Tenka is believed to have been created as the place for a new state, legislation and order, though it was based on the notion of Tenka under the Ritsuryo system.
この天下概念は上述の律令制における天下概念をふまえながらも、全く新しい国家・法制・秩序の場として創出されるものと観念されている。