The descriptions found in the diary have received attention as a contemporary historical source recording the circumstances of the persecution of Buddhists in the Huichang era by Emperor Wuzong of Tang (the third of four emperors in a row who had persecuted Buddhism), a situation the author encountered by chance.
その記述内容は、ちょうど遭遇してしまった、武宗(唐)による会昌の廃仏（三武一宗の廃仏の3番目）の状況を記録した同時代史料として注目される。