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Feng Ji of the Song dynasty went by the sobriquet Jichuan and was a native of Suining. He graduated from the Imperial Academy. Initially he sought the Way in the Chan groves, but in his later years he devoted himself entirely to pure karma, composing a text on the Western Direction and a rite of repentance for Amitābha. Later, as a Supervising Secretary, he was sent out to command Lunan, where he led monastics and laity in forming an Association for Fastening the Mind. When he governed Qiongzhou, he set up a high seat in the back hall, bowed reverently toward the imperial palace, donned monk's robes, mounted the seat, bade farewell to the officials, placed his staff horizontally across his knees, and passed away.