In terms of organization, it was influenced by the Buddhism organization, which developed at about the same time, and was complemented by rituals and doctrines of Sui, Tang and Godai-kukkoku periods (the period of ten dynasties in five generations).
教団組織の面では、同時期に整って行った仏教教団の影響も受けて、隋・唐・五代十国時代の時期に宗教教団としての組織と儀礼と神学教理とを一応完成するにいたった。