高僧傳 10.30

10.30

On the day when he straddled the railing, the Beidu in Nanzhou had gone out early that morning and did not return by evening. The next morning, the Chen family saw six characters written in green on the door leaves: 'Gate of blessing and virtue; a transcendent being descends.' The characters were barely legible, and the Beidu of their household thereupon vanished without a trace.