In the tenth month of the same year, the party left the port under the jurisdiction of Suzhou on four vessels; however, they were caught in a storm in the East China Sea and lost sight of each other.
同年10月、一行は4隻の船に分乗、蘇州管内の港を出発して帰国の途に就いたが、東シナ海上の暴風雨に遭い、4船バラバラとなった。