However, since Gien pointed out that Gikai had redundantly transformed shiho (to inherit the dharma from a priest master) from Ejo into the Zen of Dogen and the teaching of the Nihon Daruma sect when he was criticizing Gikai, fundamentally the characteristic as a conflict between the two groups can be seen.
しかし義演が義介を非難する際に懐奘から道元禅と日本達磨宗の法統を重複して嗣法している点を挙げていることから、根底には両派の派閥対立の性格が認められる。