This phrase, 'Looking to south, the saint listens to the country and, facing towards light, he governs' had been considered as a prospect 10 times in total including 8 times during the Edo period in the past when era names were changed and it was finally selected during its eleventh nomination.
「聖人南面して天下を聴き、明に嚮いて治む」というこの言葉は、過去の改元の際に江戸時代だけで8回、計10回候補として勘案されているが、通算にして11度目にして採用された。