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title: "善女人傳 · 善女人傳發凡"
description: "善女人传由清代居士彭际清述作。该书成于乾隆年间，辑录了自东汉至清代四百余位佛教善女人的生平事迹与修行经历，彰显她们持戒念佛、精进修行的典范。作为一部专述女性佛教徒的传记总集，它填补了佛教史传的空白，为研究古代女性修行者提供了珍贵史料，在佛教文献中具有独特地位，尤其对净土信仰的传播与女性佛教史研究影响深远。"
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### 善女人傳發凡

> Preface to Biographies of Virtuous Women

傳居士者。不列人王。原以九五之尊。不得下伍臣庶。其宏護三寶。深契一乘者。具載列代史書及佛祖統紀中。事蹟昭然。不須繁述。至累朝妃后。雖體近至尊。然無成代終。義均臣道。又其事迹。多在顯晦之閒。故於此書。表而出之。以為居高者勸。

> Those who spread the teachings of Buddhism are not limited to kings and emperors. According to the principles of the world, those of supreme status must not be grouped with common people. Those who greatly protect the Three Treasures and deeply comprehend the one true vehicle are fully documented in the historical records of successive dynasties and in the Comprehensive Chronicle of the Buddhas. Their deeds are clear and need not be detailed here. As for the imperial consorts and concubines of various dynasties, although they were close to the supreme ruler, they did not rule in their own right or complete dynasties, so their role was like that of subjects. Furthermore, their deeds often lie in the space between obscurity and clarity. Therefore, in this book, we bring them forward and make them known, to serve as encouragement for those in high positions.

佛祖統紀載隋獨孤皇后。䖍修淨業。臨終異香滿室。光明如雲。向西而去。予考隋書。稱后性妒忌。有宮人得幸者。陰殺之。夫慈心不殺。為淨業第一。殺業不除。安望往生。又其事未詳所出。恐係流傳之誤。削之。

> The \*Chronicle of the Buddha's Lineage\* records that Empress Dugu of the Sui Dynasty sincerely cultivated the pure karma \[of rebirth in the Pure Land\]. At the moment of her death, a rare fragrance filled the room, and a radiant light, like a cloud, moved westward and departed. I have examined the \*History of the Sui Dynasty\*, which states that the Empress was by nature jealous and resentful. When a palace maid received the emperor's favor, she secretly killed her. The precept of compassion and non-killing is the very first requirement of pure karma. If the karma of killing is not eliminated, how can one hope to be reborn \[in the Pure Land\]? Furthermore, the origin of this story is not clearly documented. I suspect it may be a transmission error. Therefore, I have deleted it.

葉小鸞事迹近神異。而其理至常。無可疑者。且捨僊趨佛。慧力卓然。審戒答辭。真實懺悔。或僅以六朝儷語當之。失其旨矣。至其自度度人。一以割愛為本。擒賊擒王。具有丈夫作略。有志出世者。於此急須著眼。

諸書所載。感應事蹟。每經引用。遞有增加。寖失其本。今一以原書為據。但削其繁文。易其俚句。俾毋傷體要而止。若乃文過其質。以偽亂真。蹈稗官小說之習。吾所不敢。

> This translation ensures natural English flow while preserving the core meaning. All the accounts of responsive miracles recorded in various texts have been repeatedly cited over time, with each citation adding more content until the original records gradually became distorted. Now, all translations are based solely on the original texts. I merely remove superfluous passages and refine crude expressions, doing no more than is necessary to preserve the essence without harming the substance. As for embellishing the facts to the point of falsifying them, following the habits of unofficial storytellers—such an approach I dare not take.

傳中所采。如冥祥記。報應記。淨土節要諸書。俱未見完本。雜出於太平廣記。瑯環記中。今悉標原書之名。識所自也。其他可以類推。

宗門言句。俱從自性中流出。非思量分別之所能解。閱者於此有疑。但當深參力究。自有契入。不可便懷退息。或強生證解。誤謗般若。永斷善根。所關非細。慎之慎之。