廣弘明集 30.214

30.214

宋初有法瓊尼。南方人。不知因緣所出。辟穀食棗栗。不著綿帛。戒德甚尊嚴。禪定多所感通。會稽恭子張使君莅廣州。便供養之。隨使君還吳。又隨出西。自剋亡日。捨命後勿關斂。但以乞烏鳥至破岡。如期而終。使君依旨送林野間。停舟七日七夕。鳥獸不敢侵。乃收殯焉。亡祖親使君之第四女也。就瓊尼受戒。勅余記錄之。

At the beginning of the Song dynasty, there was the nun Faqiong, a person of the south. It is unknown from what causes and conditions she came. She abstained from grains, ate only dates and chestnuts, and did not wear silk or padding. Her precept virtue was exceedingly revered and strict, and her dhyāna concentration brought many spiritual responses. When Zhang, Duke of Gongzi of Kuaiji, took office in Guangzhou, he made offerings to her. She followed the Lord Governor back to Wu, and followed him again out west. She appointed the day of her death beforehand, requesting that after giving up her life, she should not be enclosed in a coffin, but merely given over to crows and birds at Po Gang. She passed away on the appointed day. The Lord Governor followed her instructions and sent her body into the forest and wilds, mooring the boat for seven days and seven nights; birds and beasts dared not violate it. Thereupon they gathered her remains and buried her. My late paternal grandmother was the fourth daughter of the Lord Governor; she received the precepts from the nun Qiong, and commanded me to record this.