After that, in writings such as Rikkokushi (the Six National Histories), there are articles that are mentioned again and again about the examinations held to approve tokudo to ones that make ascetic practices, and it is believed that many of those examinees were shidoso.
以後も六国史などには修行者に得度を許すために試験を行ったという記事が何回も記されており、その受験者の多くが私度僧であったと考えられている。