The feelings of Shosho's parents are described in detail in the first half, but are forgotten in the latter half, and the description of the war in Tang is unusually detailed and there is a view that the existing text includes later additions by another person.
すなわち、前半で少将の両親の心情を細やかに描きながら、後半では忘れられ、また、唐国内の戦乱描写も異常なまでに詳細であり、一説には、現存本は後人の加筆もあるという。