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Later, he founded a monastery outside the Qingmen Gate of Chang'an, where he diligently practiced the Way. His moral power and transformation spread far and wide, and his renown covered the four quarters. Several thousand monks all revered and served him. When Jin Emperor Hui fled west, the Guanzhong region was thrown into chaos and the common people were displaced. Dharmarakṣa and his disciples took refuge by traveling east. When he reached Mianchi, he fell ill and died, at the age of seventy-eight. Later, Sun Chuo composed the Daoxian lun (Treatise on the Worthies of the Way), comparing the seven Indian monks to the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, likening him to Shan Jiyuan.