Also, Kiyomori around the time of the Heiji Disturbance was described in "Gukansho" as a person who 'was very modest, appropriately managed things, and was considerate to everyone,' and therefore, being smart and kind to everyone, he had the worldly wisdom to survive the politics of the complicated cloister government.
また平治の乱前後の清盛について『愚管抄』に「ヨクヨク謹ミテ、イミジク計ラヒテ、彼方此方シケル」とあり、如才なく諸方に気を配る人物であり、複雑な院政期の政界を生き抜く処世術を持っていた。