He translated into Chinese quite a few Buddhist classics. The pagoda is said to be a sarira stupa for burying his remains. The pagoda was built in the Tang Dynasty. The pagoda has a special structure.

Its predecessor was the Sakya Tathagata sarira stupa in the temple, the first Buddhist temple in China. A stone tablet beside Qiyun Pagoda has an inscription, made in 1175 in the Kin Dynasty ...