Although he decided to return to China after the three years which he at first promised to stay for, responding to the repeated requests of his home country to go home, Ryukei and other priests worked hard to detain him from going home and set up a meeting between Ingen and Ietsuna TOKUGAWA, the Shogun, successfully in 1658.
隠元の渡日は、当初3年間の約束であり、本国からの再三の帰国要請もあって帰国を決意するが、龍渓らが引き止め工作に奔走し、万治元年（1658年）には、将軍徳川家綱との会見に成功した。