Further, when it entered the ninth century, the position of Myogyodo was lowered and Kidendo, which handled the official history and Chinese-style poetry (they learned Confucianism, too, but its ratio was not very high), became popular.
しかも、9世紀に入ると、明経道の地位が低下して正史や漢詩などの漢文学を扱う（儒教も学ぶものの、そのウェイトは高くはなかった）紀伝道が台頭してきた。