Later, the Tendai sect flourished more than the Nanto rokushu and thus as for the whole Sanichigonjitsu no soron, it seems that Saicho, who was the leader of an emerging sect, excelled Tokuitsu who was representative of old Hosso sect of Buddhism, but in fact, it was Hosso sect of Buddhism which belonged to the mainstream at the time and thus Saicho was more a challenger.
後世に天台宗の方が興隆していったため、三一権実諍論全体としては、新興宗派の総帥である最澄が、古い法相宗を代表する徳一を退けたという印象が残るが、実際には当時においては法相宗の方が主流派に属していたのであり、最澄はむしろ挑戦者であった。