It is said that he picked out ABE no Seimei and taught him the essence of Onmyodo (yin-yang philosophy) as if he 'poured the whole water of a bottle into another ("Konjaku Monogatari (Shu) " [The Tale of Times Now Past]).
安倍晴明を見出し、彼に「まるで瓶の水を移すかのように（今昔物語集）」陰陽道の真髄を教えたという。