In 1693, when Ienobu TOKUGAWA's envoy Tadahiro KORIKI came to look for a Confucianism scholar in the Tokugawa family of Kofu district for employment, Junan recommended his disciple Hakuseki ARAI.
1693年に徳川家宣の使者高力忠弘が、甲府徳川家のお抱え儒学者を探しに来た際、順庵は門人の新井白石を推薦した。