病危文吉又来

十五日病危。深夜见西墙下。有人燃火。疑为匪类。细视之乃文吉又来。喜极。呼文先生。彼执火照曰。大师父你怎么还在这里。公告以经过。文吉坐公身边安慰。以杯水令饮。身心清净。

宣化偈曰：
吉人天相语不虚。病危待毙见文吉。
慧炬照破千生障。法水洗除万劫迷。

As his illness grows serious, Wen Chi returns

By the fifteenth, the Master was gravely ill, but then he spied a man kindling a fire by the western wall of the ruins. He assumed it to be an outlaw, but upon closer scrutiny, he realized that Wen Chi the Beggar had come again. The Master, very happy to see him, called out, "Mr. Wen Chi! Mr. Wen Chi!"

Wen Chi held up a burning stick and said, "Master, what are you doing back up in here?" The Master related all he had gone through. Wen Chi sat at the Master's side, making him comfortable and had him drink a cup of water. The Master then felt pure in body and clear of mind.

The verse says:
The propitious man with heavenly traits did not speak empty words.
Gravely ill and waiting for death, the Master saw Layman Wen.
The torch of wisdom illumines and smashes the obstructions of thousands of lives,
As the Dharma water cleanses and rids one of a myriad aeons' confusion.