Furthermore, documents, such as the Official History, and Buddhism tales, such as "Nihon genho zenaku ryoiki" (set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late eigth and early ninth century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryoiki), portrayed monks and nuns who did not comply with Soni ryo.
更に正史などの記録や『日本現報善悪霊異記』のような仏教説話には僧尼令の規定とは違った僧尼の姿が描き出されている。