two refer to the Qiantang River's tidal bore, which "faithfully arrives" every year on the 18th day of the 8th Lunar month. The monks of Liuhe Pagoda tell Lu Zhishen that in Buddhist terminology yuanji – made up of the characters yuan (圓; "complete the circle") and ji (寂; "enter silence") – means death. Realising that it is time for him to die, Lu Zhishen bathes and lights some fragrant incense. He then composes an ode and asks Song Jiang to come to see him. But he has already passed on sitting cross-legged on a zafu before Song arrives. Song reads the ode: Confessing in the ode that he has never read the scriptures as a monk and has instead indulged in killing, Lu Zhishen shows he has attained Buddhist enlightenment with the comprehension that everything has a karmic reason. He is given a funeral befitting that of a high priest. Cultural references In the 2022 cyber thriller Rise of the Water Margin, which is a 21st century take on the Water Margin, Lu Zhishen is a retired former commander of Unit 61398 who now works as a cyber detective and a mentor to the current commander Lin Chong. His first big case, investigating the skullduggery of Chairman Zheng of a large meat processing corporation, Willow Holdings, is published as an exposé in a business journal as Uprooting the Willow. See also Lu Zhishen's story for a list of supporting minor characters from Lu Zhishen's story. Notes References External link Fictional Buddhist monks 36 Heavenly Spirits Fictional characters from Gansu