The five Benkan members, including Prince Masami, accepted this petition, Yoshio said the monk presenting the petition with their position was against the regulations covering monks and nuns, thus, he insisted, that accepting the petition was illegal.
正躬王ら5人の弁官はこの訴状を受理したが、善男が僧侶が法体のまま訴訟を起こす事は僧尼令に違反しており、訴状を受理することは違法であると反対した。