During that return journey to Yangzhou, the climate in the southern region and exhaustion deprived Ganjin of his sight (one theory says that he didn't totally lose his sight).
この揚州までの帰上の間、鑑真は南方の気候や激しい疲労などにより、両眼を失明してしまう（完全に失明していなかったとする説もある）。