His courtesy name is Jianyue and his common surname is Xu. His ancestors were from Jurong, Jiangnan. He joined the army in Guizhou, Yunnan. Due to his military exploits, he accepted the official position of commander, so he settled in Chuxiong, Yunnan.

clear reading body reading body. His courtesy name is Jianyue and his common surname is Xu. His ancestors were from Jurong, Jiangnan. He joined the army in Guizhou, Yunnan. Due to his military exploits, he accepted the official position of commander, so he settled in Chuxiong, Yunnan. Duti was unwilling to inherit the official position, so he left Yunnan and came to Chidanyan in Jianzhou (Baoning County, Sichuan) and practiced Taoism for three years. One day, he met an old monk who taught him the Avatamsaka Sutra. After reading it, he had a great enlightenment and became a monk. He was fully ordained by the Samadhi Light Lawyer. The Samadhi lawyer presided over Baohua Mountain. Before his death, he passed on the mantle to Du Ti, thus becoming the second generation patriarch of Baohua Mountain.

Reading Ti once practiced Prajna Samadhi . He did not sit, lie down, or rely on anything. He walked and stood day and night for ninety days. Monks and lay people from all over the world gathered to join him. At that time, people from all over the north and south came to ask him to build the altar, and there was no interruption for a month. One day, Du was feeling slightly ill and told his apprentice: "There is no need to prepare any decoction for me. I will leave in seven days!" On the appointed day, he passed away peacefully at the age of seventy-nine. During the cremation, lotus flowers and Buddha statues appeared in the flames, and more than a liter of five-color relics were obtained. (Baohua Mountain Chronicle)