高僧傳 10.32

10.32

Kong Ningzi was serving as a Gentleman of the Yellow Gate at the time. Falling ill with dysentery at his office, he sent a messenger to invite Beidu. When Beidu finished chanting incantations, he said, "It is difficult to cure. I see four ghosts, all of whom have suffered wounds and amputations." Ningzi wept and said, "In the past, when Sun En rebelled, our family was destroyed by soldiers; both my parents and my uncle suffered agonizing cruelty." Ningzi indeed died.