法苑珠林 42.74

42.74

晉尼竺道容。不知何許人。居乎烏江寺。戒行精峻屢有徵感。晉明帝時甚見敬事。以華藉席驗其所得果不萎焉。時簡文帝事清水道。所奉之師即京師所謂王濮陽也。第內具道舍。容亟開化帝未之從。其後帝每入道屋輒見神人為沙門形盈滿室內。帝疑容所為。因事為師。遂奉正法。晉氏顯尚佛道此尼力也。當時崇異號為聖人。新林寺即帝為容所造也。孝武初忽而絕迹不知所在。乃葬其衣鉢。故寺邊有塚云。

The Jin bhikṣuṇī Zhu Daorong was of unknown origin. She resided at Wujiang Temple. Her observance of precepts was refined and strict, and she frequently had manifest responses. During the reign of Emperor Ming of Jin, she was deeply revered and served. Testing her attainment by spreading flowers beneath her mat, they indeed did not wither. At that time, Emperor Jianwen practiced the Way of Clear Water; the master he venerated was the one known in the capital as Wang Puyang. Inside his residence was a Daoist shrine. Daorong frequently tried to convert him, but the emperor did not heed her. Thereafter, whenever the emperor entered the Daoist hall, he constantly saw divine beings in the form of śramaṇas filling the room. The emperor suspected it was Daorong's doing, and taking her as his master, he subsequently revered the True Dharma. That the Jin court conspicuously honored Buddhism was through the efforts of this nun. At that time, people revered her marvels and called her a sage. Xinlin Temple was built by the emperor for Daorong. In the early Xiaowu era, she suddenly vanished without a trace, her whereabouts unknown. They thereupon buried her robes and bowl; hence there is a tumulus beside the temple.