Indeed in China, since the special privilege of exemption from labor was given to priests, many priests with the purpose of exemption from labor appeared, and because of that, the government established various restraining policies and regulations, such as limiting the numbers of priests receiving tokudo.
確かに中国では、僧侶に徭役免除の特権が付与されたため、徭役免除を目的とした出家者が数多く現われ、そのために、国家が出家得度に定数を定めるなどの諸々の抑制策や規制を設けるようになった。