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Huicheng of the Sui dynasty resided in Zhijiang. He recited the Amitābha Sūtra and cultivated contemplation of the Western Direction for thirty years, constantly sitting without lying down. Whenever he entered concentration, he saw the lotus daises and jeweled trees of the Pure Land. On the evening of his death, people dreamt that Cheng, seated on a lotus flower, was fading into the distance toward the west.