| ABE accompanied Kentoshi as an exchange student who, having studied hard, successfully taking Kakyo/Keju (examinations for Chinese state bureaucrats) climbed to a high-ranking official in Tang but never returned to Japan. |
奈良時代の遣唐使に留学生として随行し、猛勉強して唐の科挙（上級官吏候補の公務員試験に相当）に合格し、唐の高官にまで登ったが、日本への帰国を果たすことはなかった。 |