Daoxuan, who later played an active role in the period of the Tang Dynasty of China, wrote "Shibunritsu Gyojisho" (the "Ceremonies" Section of the Four-fold Vinaya) based on tradition handed down from India and therein discussed nursing the sick and seeing him or her through to the end.
後に中国の唐代に活躍した道宣は、インド以来の伝承に基づいて『四分律行事鈔』を選述し、その中で胆病送終（病人を看病し、その最期を見届けること）について論じた。