However, in "Saiyuki" written after the Ming dynasty, Kishimojin appears only once in the scene of Kogaiji (Honghaier) to tell a message to Kannon Bodhisattva.
明以降の西遊記では紅孩児の回で観音菩薩のところで一箇所取次ぎに顔をだすのみになった。