When the emperor asked the general about his identity, the general replied that he was a person named Shoki who failed the imperial civil service examination and committed suicide, but revived to reciprocate the favor of the emperor who kindly buried the dead reverently.
皇帝が尋ねると、科挙に失敗したため自殺したが、玄宗皇帝に手厚く葬られたため恩義に報いてはせ参じた鍾馗という人物だった。