Hidehira did not get taken in by 'Kuraiuchi (Make someone participate by giving an official rank)' by the Taira clan and never responded to demands by MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka and the Taira clan for mobilization of military forces in the period of the internal disturbances of Jisho-Juei.
秀衡は平氏の「位うち（官位を与え荷担させる）」に乗る事はなく、治承・寿永の乱の内乱期に源義仲や平氏からの軍兵動員要請があっても決して動く事はなかった。