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宋金奭。會稽人。網魚為業。忽猛省。持戒精進。日課佛號萬聲。久而弗替。後無疾。語家人云。阿彌陀佛。與二菩薩俱來迎我。我歸淨土去也。焚香端坐而化。邑人聞異香天樂。終日不散。

Jin Shi of the Song dynasty was a native of Kuaiji. He made netting fish his trade. Suddenly he had a profound awakening, upheld the precepts with diligence, and made a daily recitation of ten thousand invocations of the Buddha's name, which he did not abandon over a long time. Later, without any illness, he spoke to his family: 'Amitābha and the two bodhisattvas have come together to welcome me; I am returning to the Pure Land.' He burned incense, sat upright, and transformed. The townsfolk smelled an extraordinary fragrance and heard heavenly music that did not disperse all day.