一、梁湖州法華寺尼道蹟傳
Biography of Daoji, Nun of Fahua Temple in Huzhou, Liang Dynasty
道蹟，一名明練，號總持，吳興人，或作梁武帝女。事達摩為弟子，悟心要法。達摩將返天竺，命門人各言所得。道蹟曰：「我今所解，如慶喜見阿閦佛國，一見更不再見。」達摩曰：「汝得吾肉。」後遁居湖州弁嶺峰，晝夜誦法華經，誦滿萬部，不下山者，凡二十年。感空中白雀常來聽經，山遂以白雀名。既圓寂，塔全身於結廬之所。大同元年，塔內忽有青蓮華一朵，道俗異之，啟視，見華從舌根生。州郡錄奏，勅建法華寺，事具褚詢望所寫塔碑。
Daoyi, also known as Minglian, styled Zongchi, was from Wuxing. Some records say she was the daughter of Emperor Wu of Liang. She became a disciple of Bodhidharma and grasped the essential teachings of the mind. When Bodhidharma was about to return to India, he asked each of his disciples to express their understanding. Daoyi said, "My understanding now is like Ananda seeing the land of Akshobhya Buddha—once seen, it is never seen again." Bodhidharma said, "You have attained my flesh." Later, she secluded herself on Mount Bianling in Huzhou, reciting the Lotus Sutra day and night. After completing ten thousand recitations, she remained on the mountain without descending for twenty years. It is said that white sparrows from the sky often came to listen to her recitation, and the mountain was thus named White Sparrow Mountain. After her passing, her intact body was enshrined in a stupa at the place where she had built her hut. In the first year of the Datong era, a blue lotus flower suddenly appeared inside the stupa, astonishing both monastics and laypeople. When they opened the stupa to investigate, they saw the flower growing from her tongue root. The local authorities recorded the event and reported it to the court. An imperial decree was issued to build the Lotus Sutra Temple. The details are recorded in the stupa inscription written by Chu Xunwang.