釋門自鏡錄 1.77

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彼又有一尼。性亦多瞋。死後數日現形。告師云。生惡處作毒蛇身居在城南。泣涕辭去。後果於城南數里有一蛇。頭大如斗。身長三丈。行則宛轉逢人必逐。遇之多死。希有免者。人畜往來深以為誡矣。

There was also a nun there who was likewise of a very wrathful nature. Several days after she died, she manifested her form and told her master: “I have been born into an evil destiny, taking the body of a venomous serpent, dwelling south of the city.” Weeping, she took her leave. Afterwards, sure enough, several li south of the city there was a serpent whose head was as large as a bushel and whose body was thirty feet long. When it moved, it coiled and writhed; whenever it encountered people, it would certainly pursue them. Most of those who encountered it died, and rarely did any escape. Travelers and livestock passing to and fro took this as a deep warning.