Yamaga also thought that people certainly belonged to a state, but at the same time there was an existence that chose samurais to let them have a duty to whole (feudal) society.
山鹿はこれに対し人間は確かに国家に属しているが武士に（封建）社会全体への義務を負わせることを選んだ存在も確かにいるとした。