Additionally, there are descriptions that show the complicated situation around Jien as a member of the Sekkan-ke regent family (摂関家), such as that he implicitly criticized his father FUJIWARA no Tadamichi for being at odds with his own father, FUJIWARA no Tadazane (the grandfather of Jien), and blamed the Konoe clan, his half-brother's clan, as opposed to praising the Kujo clan, his brother's clan.
また、慈円自身の父である藤原忠通が父（慈円にとっては祖父）藤原忠実と不仲であった事を暗に批判したり、同母兄弟である九条家流を持ち上げて異母兄弟である近衛家流を非難するなど、摂関家の一員としての慈円本人の複雑な事情を垣間見る事の出来る記事も存在する。