回國挽救寺難

滇全體僧來電云。政府提寺產。寄禪約回國共圖挽救。丙午六十七歲。春回國。船經台參觀靈泉寺。至日參觀各地佛寺。時中日暗交惡。兩國僧人。亦不許自由活動。三月回國。抵滬上。

宣化偈曰：

妙老回國囑講經。法華藥師繼闡明。
吉隆靈山講楞伽。前後皈依萬餘名。

Returning to China to save the monasteries

The Master received a telegram from the Yunnan Province Sangha Association, which said that the government was seizing monastery property. Dharma Master Chi Ch'an urged the Master to return to China where the problem could be collectively resolved. In the spring of 1906, the Master's sixty-seventh year, he departed for China. When the ship stopped at Taiwan, he visited Ling Ch'uan (Magic Spring) Monastery, and later in Japan, visited various Buddhist temples. At that time, communications between China and Japan were worsening, and members of the Sangha in both countries were forbidden freedom of movement. In the third lunar month, the Master returned to his country, arriving at Shanghai.

The gatha says:
The Venerable Miao returned to China and urged him to lecture Sutras.
The Dharma Flower and Medicine Master sutras he successively expounded clearly.
At Ling Shan (Magic Mountain) Temple in Kuala Lumpur, he explained the Lankavatara.
Altogether more than ten thousand people took refuge with the Master.