He was told that he was the second Japanese to visit Mt. Wutai, the first one being Ryosen Sanzo, who had accompanied Saicho to China but had died on Mt. Wutai without returning to Japan.
五台山を訪れた2人目の日本人だという（1人目は、最澄とともに入唐し、帰国せず五台山で客死した霊仙三蔵）。