In 1321, he received the shiho(to inherit the dharma from a priest master) from Keizan, and in 1324 he became the 2nd Soji-ji Temple priest, and thereafter established the foundation for the development of the Soto sect.
元亨元年（1321年）瑩山から嗣法し、正中(日本)元年（1324年）總持寺2世となり曹洞宗発展の基礎を築いた。