But when he was diagnosed with gastric cancer, he refused to have an operation. He sat up in bed, assumed the lotus position, let out a few exhalations, and left this life in the manner of a Daoist sage. It took less than five minutes to will himself to death.
然而當他被診斷出罹患胃癌後，卻不肯接受開刀調理，反倒從床上坐起，逕自吐了幾口氣，五分鐘內就以道家坐化之法離世而去。