When conditions in China were ripe, Master Bodhidharma went there. The emperor failed to recognize him; his time had not yet arrived. But Shen Guang Knelt for nine years as Bear's Ear Mountain and became Hui Ke after the snow was stained by his severed arm. The Master transmitted the mind seal of the Great Dharma to him as the Second Patriarch, continuing the wise traditions. Poisoned six times, the Master was never harmed in the least. Carrying a single shoe, he returned to the West, never to be forgotten.