神僧傳 6.44

6.44

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.