A story in which he competed against his student ABE no Seimei in a game of augury 'senpuku' to guess hidden contents is supposed to to have been included in Konjaku Monogatari and he is supposed to have written some technical books such as '暦林'and'保憲抄'on rekido and Onmyodo, but unfortunately, none of these exist today.
今昔物語に、弟子の安倍晴明との間で隠された中身を当てる占術試合「占覆」を行った話が収録されているとされ、また「暦林」・「保憲抄」という暦道や陰陽道の技術書を著したとされているが、残念ながらどれも現存していない。