A ruling by the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) concluded that Chido's Sango-kimyo-setsu was wrong and he was sentenced to Onru (exile to the farthest island), but died during imprisonment in Edo before it could be enforced.
幕府の裁定により智洞の三業帰命説は異義と断定され、遠流の刑に処せられたが、処分される前に江戸の獄中で亡くなった。