集神州三寶感通錄 2.27

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二十三宋元嘉中。江陵枝江張僧定妹。幼而奉法。志欲出家。常供養小形金像。以為前路之資也。而父母逼嫁。誓志不行而密許邴氏。女初不知也。及羔雁既至。女悲呼不就。燒香伏地取死。此像遂放金光彌竟一村。父兄驚其通感止不嫁之。張邴二門因大敬信。僧定為之出家。宋丞相南郡王鎮陝。乃以其居建精舍焉。

23. During the Yuanjia era of the Song (424–453 CE), the younger sister of Zhang Sengding of Zhijiang in Jingzhou had revered the Dharma since childhood, aspiring to leave the household. She constantly made offerings to a small golden image as provisions for the road ahead. But her parents forced her to marry; she pledged her resolve not to go, yet they secretly betrothed her to the Bing family. The girl was initially unaware. When the wedding gifts of lamb and goose arrived, the girl wept and cried out, refusing to comply, burning incense and prostrating on the ground to seek death. This image thereupon emitted a golden light that extended over the entire village. Her father and elder brothers were astounded by her sympathetic resonance and ceased trying to marry her off. The two households of Zhang and Bing were moved to great reverence and faith, and Sengding left the household on account of it. When the Song Chancellor, the Prince of Nanjun, garrisoned Shaan, he converted her residence into a monastery.