He went on board a ship and, when in the midst of the sea, by Buddha's power called up the Dragon-king. After having bound him by means of mystic formulae (tantras), he required the pearl from him, whereupon the dragon, unable to escape, took the pearl from his head and prepared to hand it over to the priest. The latter stretched out his left hand, at the same time making the "sword-sign"', a mudrā (mystic finger-twisting), with his right hand. The Dragon-king, however, said: "In former times, when the Dragon-king Sāgara's daughter gave a precious pearl to Cākyamuni, the latter received it with folded hands; why should a pupil of the Buddha accept it with one hand?" Then the priest folded his hands, giving up the mudrā, and was about to take the pearl, when the Dragon-king, no longer suppressed by the mystic sign, freed himself from his bands and ascended to the sky, leaving the abbot behind with empty hands, and destroying his boat. The only man who was saved was the priest himself. Afterwards the same abbot met Bodhidharma, the patriarch, who came across the sea from Southern India (in 526), and together they went to Japan. (tr. de Visser 1913:189) Two additional Sino-Japanese Buddhist translations are: Ruyiwutan/Nyoi Muton 如意無貪 "fulfill wishes without craving" translates Analu 阿那律 Anuruddha, one of the original disciples of Gautama Buddha Ruyilun/Nyōi-rin 如意輪 "wish-fulfilling wheel" or Ruyilun Guanyin/Nyoirin Kannon 如意輪観音 translates Sanskrit Cintamanicakra, a manifestation of Guanyin in Vajrayana Buddhism, who is usually depicted with the cintamani magic jewel and the falun/nyo-rin 法輪 "wheel of dharma, dharmacakra" Other usages in Chinese In addition to its use in Buddhist terminology, the Chinese word has other meanings. Ruyi can be a proper noun. Ruyi 如意 "as-desired" was the 692 AD regnal name of Empress Wu Zetian Ruyiniang 如意娘 "as-desired [ideal] woman" was the name of a Tang Dynasty Yuefu poem by Wu Zetian Ruyi Jingu Bang 如意金箍棒 "as-desired gold banded cudgel" is a magical weapon of Sun Wukong in the ca. 1590 AD Chinese novel Journey to the West Ruyi 如懿 is the fictional name for Hoifa-Nara, the Step Empress played by Zhou Xun in the 2018 Chinese television drama Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, in which ruyi scepters play an important role Ruyiyou 如意油 "as-desired oil" or Yu Yee oil (from the Cantonese pronunciation yu4 yi3) is a therapeutic preparation in traditional Chinese