In his last moments, Korechika said in his will to his two daughters whom he had brought up as candidates for empress, 'Be sure not to do anything to humiliate your father in the Imperial Court when you marry the emperor.' and to his son FUJIWARA no Michimasa, 'It is better to become a priest than to suck around others.'
臨終に際し、彼は后がねに育てた2人の娘へ「くれぐれも、宮仕えをして、親の名に恥をかかせることをしてはならぬ」と、また息子藤原道雅に「人に追従して生きるよりは出家せよ」と遺言したという。