However in addition, because Fujiwarakyo was constructed in a period when interaction with Tang was disrupted, it seemed to have been designed in accordance with the old book ("Shurei (Rites of Zhou)") and it has no comparable example among capitals of China of the era.
しかしそれだけではなく、藤原京は唐との交流が途絶えた時期に造られたため、古い書物（『周礼』）に基づいた設計を行ったと考えられ、当時の中国の都城と比しても類例のないものとなっていた。