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According to legends, while cultivating in the Buddha's teaching, Daoji was said to attain magical powers.

Many who noticed his eccentric yet benevolent and compassionate nature began to think that he was an incarnate of a bodhisattva, or as a reincarnate of an arhat.

He was widely recognized by the public as the incarnate of the Taming Dragon Arhat (), one of the eighteen legendary arhats.