As the book contains many absurd stories, his stories cannot be thought to be historically true either, however, the stories do not seem to have been completely made up by the author; it is thought that they were based on rumors spread in those days.
荒唐無稽な話が多い仏教説話集であるから、史実として受け止められるものではないが、著者の完全な創作ではなく、当時流布していた話を元にしていると考えられる。