神僧傳 6.44

6.44

僧金師。新羅人。居睢陽。謂錄事參軍房琬云。太守裴寬當改。琬問何時。曰明日午勅書必至。當與公相見於郡西南角。琬專候之。午前有驛使兩封牒到。不是琬以為謬也。至午又一驛使送牒來云。裴公改為安陸別駕。房遽命駕迎僧。身又自去。果於郡西南角相遇裴。召問僧云。官雖改其服不改。然公甥姪各當分散。及後勅至除別駕紫紱猶存。甥姪之徒各分散矣。

The monk Master Jin was a native of Silla who resided in Suiyang. He said to the Administrative Assistant Fang Wan, 'The Prefect Pei Kuan will be reassigned.' Wan asked when. He replied, 'Tomorrow at noon the imperial edict will certainly arrive, and I shall meet you at the southwest corner of the commandery.' Wan waited attentively for it. Before noon, an express courier arrived with two dispatches, but neither was [the edict]; Wan thought the monk had been mistaken. At noon, another express courier delivered a dispatch stating that Pei had been reassigned as Assistant Prefect of Anlu. Fang hastily ordered his carriage to go and welcome the monk, and also set out himself. Indeed, he met Pei at the southwest corner of the commandery. Pei summoned the monk and inquired of him. The monk said, 'Although your office will change, your official robes will not change. However, your nephews will each be dispersed.' When the subsequent edict arrived, he was appointed Assistant Prefect, and his purple ribbon remained the same; his nephews and kin were indeed dispersed in various directions.