Ganjin's first attempt to cross the sea to Japan in summer of 743 ended up in failure since Japanese priests were deported from China by a false information to officers of the harbor that 'Japanese priests were, in fact, pirates,' which was told by some of Ganjin's disciples who desired to keep him in China.
最初の渡海企図は743年夏のことで、このときは、渡海を嫌った弟子が、港の役人へ「日本僧は実は海賊だ」と偽の密告をしたため、日本僧は追放された。