Additionally, Motochika's position to prioritize the family's social standing rather than talent for the appointment of the government posts coincided with Chikafusa KITABATAKE's series of books in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts; some believe that Chikafusa had been influenced by the Kanshoku Hisho.
また、才覚よりも家格を官職就任の最優先の要件とするという見解は、南北朝時代(日本)の北畠親房による一連の著作とも共通しており、親房は同書の影響を受けたとする見方もある。