佛祖統紀 36.37

36.37

In the first year of the Jianyuan era, He Chong, Prefect of the Palace Secretariat, donated his residence to become Jianfu Monastery to house bhikṣuṇīs. There was a nun named Jingjian who had received the precepts according to the standard Vinaya. One morning, a celestial maiden descended on rays of light into the courtyard, joyfully taking her hand and bowing in farewell, and the disciple ascended by stepping on the light. Chong was by nature fond of Buddhist scriptures and devoted to building monasteries; he provided for hundreds of monks, expending tens of millions without stint. Kuang Yu teased him, saying, 'Your aspirations are as vast as the universe, and your courage surpasses all antiquity.' Chong asked the reason, and Yu said, 'I have plotted to govern a commandery of several thousand households and have not yet attained it; you are plotting to become a Buddha—is that not vast?' At that time, Xi Yin and his younger brother Tan revered the Way of the Celestial Masters, whereas Chong and his younger brother Zhun faithfully revered the Buddhist teachings. Xie Wan ridiculed them, saying, 'The two Xis flatter the Dao; the two Hes fawn upon the Buddha.'