四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.429

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二差人請法。於說戒日，白二差之，文如常說。《四分》：白二，差一人已，差二三人為伴，往僧寺中。至所囑人所，曲身低頭，合掌云：「某寺尼眾和合，禮比丘僧足，求請教授尼人（三說）。」當囑主人，無病、有智者，明日應問可不。

Second, delegating a person to request the teaching. On the day of reciting the precepts, she is delegated with a jñaptidvitīyā-karman; the text is as usually recited. The *Dharmaguptaka* states: Having delegated one person through a jñaptidvitīyā-karman, delegate two or three persons as companions to go to the monks' monastery. Arriving at the place of the person entrusted, she bows her body, lowers her head, joins her palms, and says: "The concordant community of nuns of such-and-such monastery pays homage at the feet of the bhikṣu-saṃgha, and requests someone to instruct the nuns (three times)." She should entrust this to the master of the dwelling, one who is free from illness and possesses wisdom, and on the next day she should ask whether it is accepted or not.