Thus, Fumimaro was influenced more by Saionji's historical origins of Liberalism and its development rather than by his father's Pan-Asianism, but in contrast to Saionji's motive of raising his successor Fumimaro gradually began to show signs of having no fixed principles and a propensity for being captivated by things that were new with short term goals.
こうして文麿は、父のアジア主義よりも、西園寺の自由主義歴史的起源とその展開に感化されることとなったが、自らの後継者を育てたいという西園寺の思惑とは裏腹に、文麿は次第に目先の新しいものに目移りする無定見さを見せ始めるようになる。