大宋僧史略 1.54

1.54

東晉廢帝大和三年戊辰歲。洛陽東寺尼道馨俗姓羊。為沙彌時。誦通法華維摩二部。受大戒後。研窮理味。一方道學所共師宗。尼之講說道馨為始也。

In the third year of the Taihe era, a wuchen year, under Emperor Fei of the Eastern Jin, the nun Daoxin of the Eastern Monastery in Luoyang, whose secular surname was Yang, when she was a novice (śrāmaṇerī), had recited and mastered the two scriptures, the Lotus and the Vimalakīrti. After receiving the full precepts, she thoroughly investigated the flavour of the principles, becoming a master revered by all scholars of the Dao in that entire region. Lecturing by nuns began with Daoxin.