佛祖統紀 45.70

45.70

Immortal Maiden He of Lingling walked in the mountains when she was young. She met the immortal Lǚ, who gave her peaches to eat, and thereafter she never felt hunger. Her family found this extraordinary and built a upper-story pavilion for her to dwell in. The immortal Lǚ often visited her. The immortal maiden foresaw the future affairs of worldly people. When Di Qing campaigned in the south against Nong Zhigao, he asked the immortal maiden, "Will this expedition be victorious?" The maiden said, "The boil will break and pus will flow." Soon afterward, the left commander Sun Jie fell in battle, but in a second engagement [Di Qing] broke them. When Jiao Junming, an assistant editorial director, was frustrated in his official career, he submitted a memorial to complain [to Heaven]. One night he obtained a sheet of paper with sixteen characters that could not be recognized. He brought it to ask the maiden. The maiden said, "This is heavenly seal script; go home immediately!" Junming pressed her. The maiden said, "Accepting five taels of gold took ten years from your lifespan; wrongfully killing two people will be judged after death." When Junming reached home, he died immediately. Scholar-officials passing through Lingling came daily to her gate to inquire about good and bad fortune. Disgusted by this, the immortal maiden dressed in formal attire and died while seated. She composed the Lingyuan zhi (Record of the Numinous Source), which discussed self-cultivation practices and circulated in the world. (In Yongzhou, Hunan).