Common cases of shakui were appointment of officials as Kento-shi (Japanese envoy to Tang Dynasty China) or as an envoy to receive foreign messengers, and shakui against gunji (district managers) for the purpose of stabilizing the local administration; in the latter cases, if gunji governed his district well, he was actually promoted in some cases.
主に行われたのは遣唐使のような遣外使節や逆に外国使者の送迎使節に対して任命される例、地方行政の安定化のために郡司などに対して借位を行い、その統治の成績によって実際に叙位する場合があった。