For example there is the well known tale of Master Yi Xiu, and the story of the monk Chuanzi who leapt from his boat and was carried off into the ocean to meet his end, singing as he went.
如大家耳熟能詳的一休大師，還有船子和尚，躍下小舟投向茫茫大海，唱著歌縱入綠波，以自己的方法圓寂，後人說他「高音難繼百千年，一曲漁歌少人唱」。