文殊化身文吉

逢人即问。文吉住居何处。竟无人知其为何许人也。后遇一老僧。询之亦不知。告以往事情形。老僧曰。据大德所云。此文吉者。即文殊菩萨化身也。公闻之如梦方醒。即至诚礼谢菩萨。

宣化偈曰：
文殊化身即文吉。相处三月竟不识。
若非今日老僧指。几乎几乎交臂失。

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!