大宋僧史略 1.38

1.38

Now, the wildly ignorant, lodged in a saṃghārāma, suddenly give rise to wholesome thoughts; Mencius, living next to a school, immediately became imbued with the Confucian spirit. Once the Buddhadharma spread, the people were all transformed. At that time, how could there not be those who pulled out their hairpins, untied their pendants, cast off their sandals, and gave up their bodies [to the holy life]? Emperor Ming of the Han permitted the Marquis of Yangcheng, Liu Jun, and others to leave household life, which was the beginning of monks. When the women of Luoyang, Apan and others, left household life, this was the beginning of nuns.