佛祖統紀 52.13

52.13

Emperor Renzong of the Song. When Participant in Determining Governmental Affairs Zhang Fangping went out to govern Chuzhou, he went to a monks' quarters and saw a Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra; the handwriting was clearly his own, and he knew that his previous life was a scripture-copying monk. The previous life of Grand Councillor Zeng Gongliang was Qingcaotang of the Chan lineage. An official courtesan in Yingzhou had a breath with the fragrance of a lotus flower; a Sichuan monk said, "This woman was previously a nun who recited the Lotus Sūtra for thirty years." Under Zhezong, Su Shi's previous life was Chan Master Jie of Mount Wuzu.