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title: "比丘尼傳 · 4 鹽官齊明寺僧猛尼傳"
description: "比丘尼传由南朝梁代僧官宝唱撰著于六世纪初。全书共四卷，收录了自西晋至梁代共六十五位比丘尼的传记。它详细记载了这些杰出尼师的修行经历、弘法事迹与神异感应，是研究中国早期佛教史，特别是女性修行者发展的重要第一手文献。作为中国乃至世界现存最早的比丘尼传记总集，该书不仅填补了佛教史传的空白，更彰显了比丘尼僧团在佛教发展中的重要地位与贡献，具有极高的史料与宗教价值。"
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### 鹽官齊明寺僧猛尼傳四

> \# Biography of Nun Sengmeng, from Qiming Temple in Yangguan (Biography 4)

僧猛，本姓岑，南陽人也。遷居鹽官縣，至猛五世矣。曾祖率，晉正員郎餘杭令，世事黃老加信敬邪神。猛幼而慨然有拔俗之志，年十二父亡，號哭吐血，絕而復蘇。三年告終，示不滅性，辭母出家。行已清潔，奉師恭肅，蔬糲之食止存支命，行道禮懺未嘗疲怠，說悔先罪精懇流淚，能行人所不能行。益州刺史吳郡張岱，聞風貴敬請為門師。宋元徽元年，淨度尼入吳，携出京城，仍住建福寺。歷觀眾經以日係夜，隨逐講說心無厭勌，多聞強記經耳必憶，由是經律皆悉研明，澄情宴坐泊然不測。齊建元四年母病，乃捨東宅為寺，名曰「齊明」。締搆殿宇，列植竹樹，內外清靖狀若仙居。飢者撤饍以施之，寒者解衣而與之。嘗有獵者近於寺南，飛禽走獸競來投猛，而鷹犬馳逐相去咫尺。猛以身手遮遏，雖體被啄嚙，而投者獲免。同止數十人，三十餘載未嘗見其慍怒之色。年七十二，永明七年卒。時又有僧瑗尼，猛之從弟女也，亦以孝聞，業行高邈，慧悟凝深也。

> Monk Meng, whose secular surname was Cen, was a native of Nanyang. His family later moved to Yanguan County, and by his time five generations had passed there. His great-grandfather, Shuai, served as a Gentleman Attendant and Magistrate of Yuhang under the Jin Dynasty. The family practiced the teachings of Huang-Lao and also harbored reverence for deviant spirits. From a young age, Meng harbored a resolute aspiration to transcend the mundane world. At twelve, his father passed away, and he wailed so bitterly that he vomited blood, collapsing before being revived. After three years of mourning, he declared his intention not to extinguish his nature \[in grief\], bid farewell to his mother, and left home to become a monk. His conduct was pure and clean, he served his teacher with reverence and solemnity. He subsisted on coarse grains and simple fare, just enough to sustain life. He tirelessly performed religious practices and repentance rituals, weeping earnestly as he confessed his past misdeeds. He could do what others could not. Zhang Dai, the Governor of Yizhou from Wu Commandery, heard of his reputation and, holding him in great esteem, respectfully invited him to be his personal teacher. In the first year of the Yuanhui era of the Liu Song Dynasty, the nun Jingdu came to Wu and brought him out to the capital, where he took up residence at Jianfu Temple. He examined the myriad scriptures day and night, following along with lectures without ever wearying. He was broadly learned with a strong memory—once heard, always remembered. Thus he thoroughly mastered both the sutras and the vinaya. He dwelt in serene contemplation, sitting in stillness, unfathomably tranquil. In the fourth year of the Jianyuan era of the Qi Dynasty, his mother fell ill, so he gave up his eastern residence to be converted into a temple, naming it "Qiming." He constructed halls and buildings, planted bamboo and trees, so that inside and out it was clean and serene, resembling an immortal's abode. When the hungry came, he would give them his own food; when the cold came, he would take off his clothes and give them away. Once, some hunters approached south of the temple, and birds and beasts fleeing in terror rushed toward Meng for refuge, while falcons and hounds pursued within inches. Meng shielded them with his own body and arms. Although he was pecked and bitten, those who sought refuge were saved. He lived together with several dozen people for over thirty years, and never once did anyone see an angry or irritated expression on his face. He passed away at the age of seventy-two, in the seventh year of the Yongming era. Around the same time, there was also the nun Sengyuan, the daughter of Meng's cousin, who was likewise renowned for her filial piety. Her practice was lofty and far-reaching, and her wisdom and insight were deep and profound.