FUJIWARA no Yukinari was depressed during his youth due to the early death of his father, but this recommendation of Toshikata allowed him to be singled out to gain the important post of Kurodo no to, a position for which numerous people held envy, and his occupation as a court official progressed steadily from then on.
父祖に早世され沈淪した青年期を過ごした藤原行成は、この俊賢の進言あってこそ、一条天皇によって一挙に地下から万人垂涎の重職である蔵人頭に抜擢され、以後順調な官途を歩んだのである。