文殊化身文吉

逢人即問。文吉住居何處。竟無人知其為何許人也。後遇一老僧。詢之亦不知。告以往事情形。老僧曰。據大德所云。此文吉者。即文殊菩薩化身也。公聞之如夢方醒。即至誠禮謝菩薩。

宣化偈曰：
文殊化身即文吉。相處三月竟不識。
若非今日老僧指。幾乎幾乎交臂失。

Realising that Wen Chi is a transformation body of Manjushri Bodhisattva

The Master asked people whom he met where Wen Chi lived, but no one even knew who he was. Later, the Master met an elder Bhikshu who said, "According to what the Venerable Master has told me, this Wen Chi is a transformation body of Manjushri Bodhisattva." When the Master heard that, it was as if he suddenly awakened from a dream. Immediately he bowed to the Bodhisattva in sincere gratitude.

The verse says:
A transformation body of Manjushri: that's who the beggar Wen Chi was! They were together for three full months yet the Master failed to recognize him.
He didn't know until the elder Bhikshu pointed it out to him:
He had been within arm's reach of bowing to Manjushri himself!