He also presided over the Dojo four times, promoted Linjizong Buddhism, and flourished the incense of Tanzhe Temple. The Zen master in Deshi has a high moral character. He helps the poor, is thinner than serving himself, and is kind to others. He is respected both inside and outside the Buddhist community and has a high position in the history of Buddhism in the Ming Dynasty. The Zen master of Deshi has profound attainments in China's poems and is good at calligraphy. Today, the Pu 'an monument in Shaolin Temple was written by Deshi, and Guo Moruo once wrote poems to praise it. Deshi has lived in China for 56 years, and is the longest-lived Japanese monk in China. He has made outstanding contributions to Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges and friendly exchanges between China and Japan. In the fourth year of Xuande (1429), Zen master Deshi died in Tanzhe Temple, and his tomb tower was in the lower tower courtyard in front of the temple.
Master Dewadasi
Master Dewadasi was another famous foreign monk in Tanzhe Temple in the early Ming Dynasty. Dewadasi is an East Indian who became a nun at the age of 8. In the early years of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, he traveled in China with his teacher's board. Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of Ming Dynasty, summoned Di Wa Ansi in Fengtianmen, Nanjing, and personally gave him a decree, so that Di Wa Ansi could "talk with the party" in Nanjing.