[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [樂邦遺稿](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969b) › 2.51 # 樂邦遺稿 2.51 樂邦遺稿 2.51 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969b.2.51) 《遯齋閑覽》記：歐陽文忠公知頴州日，有官奴盧媚兒，姿貌端秀善談笑，口中常作蓮華香，散越滿座。人皆奇之，而莫測其由。俄有一僧，自蜀地來，頗知人前生事。公因語之，僧曰：「此女前身甞為尼，誦《蓮經》三十年。一念之誤，流墮至此。」公未之信，因問之曰：「汝曾讀《法華經》否？」奴曰：「失身於此，所不暇也。」公命取是經示之，一覽輒誦，如素熟者，易以他經則不能也。僧言真可信矣。 > The Leisurely Readings of Dunzhai records: 'When Duke Ouyang Wenzhong governed Yingzhou, there was an official slave girl named Lu Mei'er whose appearance was elegant and refined, and who was skilled in conversation and laughter. Her mouth constantly produced the fragrance of a lotus flower, which dispersed and filled the entire room. Everyone marveled at her, but none could fathom the cause. Soon, a monk came from the Shu region who was quite knowledgeable about people's past lives. The Duke spoke with him about her. The monk said: "In her past life, this girl was once a nun and chanted the Lotus Sūtra for thirty years. Through an error in a single thought, she drifted and fell into this state." The Duke did not yet believe it, so he asked her, saying: "Have you ever read the Lotus Sūtra?" The slave girl said: "Having fallen into this condition, I have had no leisure for that." The Duke ordered that this sūtra be fetched and shown to her; with one glance she immediately chanted it as if she had long been familiar with it, yet if another sūtra was substituted, she could not. The monk's words were truly to be believed.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969b.2.50) - [Next: 2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969b.2.52) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969b.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969b~en-mt.2.51) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969b.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969b.2.51) · Pramāṇa