釋氏稽古略 4.103

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The Senior Princess of Shen was the seventh daughter of Taizong. Throughout her life she ate no meat. At this time, she earnestly pleaded to become a nun. Her title was advanced to Princess of the State of Wu, and she was granted the name Qingyu and the title Great Master Baoci Zhengjue. To the west of the capital city, Chongzhen Zisheng Chan Cloister was built for her, along with thirty concubines and palace maids. An edict ordered [officials of] the two inner secretariats to escort her into the monastery, and a vegetarian feast was granted by the State of Shen. Her mundane age was thirty-eight, and she entered extinction after sixteen monastic summers as a nun (Matters of the Imperial Court).