魯智深
The first two lines foretell Lu's capture of Fang La and Fang‘s right--hand man Xiahou Cheng while the following 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: