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title: "續比丘尼傳 · 三二、唐長安龍花寺尼契義傳"
description: "續比丘尼傳由釋震華法師於民國時期編述，是中國佛教史上專門記載比丘尼事蹟的重要傳記。該書編撰於二十世紀上半葉，繼承了梁代寶唱《比丘尼傳》的傳統，系統收錄了自南北朝至民國以來的傑出比丘尼傳記。內容詳實記錄了她們的修行經歷、弘法事蹟及對佛教的貢獻，填補了佛教史傳中女性修行者記載的空白。此書不僅是研究中國比丘尼歷史與佛教女性地位的關鍵文獻，也是了解近現代漢傳佛教發展的重要史料，具有極高的學術與宗教價值。"
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### 三二、唐長安龍花寺尼契義傳

> Biography of Nun Qiyi from Longhua Temple in Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty

契義，姓韋氏，京兆杜陵人也。曾王父諱安石，尚書左僕射中書令；大父諱斌，中書舍人臨汝郡太守；烈考諱袞，司門郎中眉州刺史。家承卿相德勳之盛，族為關內士林之冠。始先妣范陽盧夫人，以賢德宜家，蕃其子姓。故同氣八人，而行居其次，在女列則長焉。自始孩，蘊靜端介潔之性；及成人，鄙鉛華靡麗之飾。密寘心於清淨教，親戚制奪，其持愈堅。年十九，得請而剃落焉。大曆六年，制隸龍花寺，受具戒於照空和尚。居然法身，本於天性，嚴護律度，釋氏高之。國家崇其善教，樂於度人，敕東西街置大德十員，登內外壇場，俾後學依歸，傳諸佛心要。既膺是選，其道益光，門人宗師，信士嚮仰，如水走下，匪我求蒙。持一心之修繕佛宇，來四輩之施捨金幣；高閣山聳，長廊鳥跂。象設既固，律儀甚嚴。率徒宣經，與眾均福，故聞者敬而觀者信，如來之教，知所慕焉。嘗從容鄉里，指於北原，而告其諸弟曰：「此吾之所息也，為其識之。」蓋示生歸於佛，歿歸於鄉，所以報生育劬勞之恩於萬一也。元和戊戌歲四月庚辰，恬然化滅，報年六十六，僧夏四十五。粵以七月乙酉，遷神於萬年縣洪固鄉之畢原。遺命不墳不塔，積土為壇，植尊勝幢於其前。窀穸之制，咸所遵承。弟子比丘尼如壹等，服勤有年，號奉遺教。杖而會葬者數百千人，極釋氏之哀榮，難乎如此！從父弟鄉貢進士同翊，撰唐故龍花寺內外臨壇大德韋和尚墓誌銘。

> Qi Yi, whose family name was Wei, hailed from Duling in the capital region. Her great-grandfather, Anshi, served as the Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs and as a Secretariat Director. Her grandfather, Bin, held the positions of Secretariat Drafter and Prefect of Linru Commandery. Her father, Gun, was a Director of the Bureau of Gates and later the Prefect of Meizhou. Her family carried the illustrious legacy of ministers and chancellors, and her clan was esteemed as the foremost among the scholarly elite within the passes. Her late mother, Lady Lu of Fanyang, was a virtuous woman who brought harmony to the household and nurtured her children. Thus, among eight siblings, Qi Yi was the second in order of birth and the eldest among the daughters. From her earliest childhood, she possessed a nature of quiet dignity, integrity, and purity. Upon reaching adulthood, she disdained the use of cosmetics and extravagant adornments. She quietly devoted her heart to the teachings of purity. Though relatives tried to dissuade her, her resolve only grew firmer. At the age of nineteen, she obtained permission and had her head shaved to enter monastic life. In the sixth year of the Dali era (771 CE), by imperial decree, she was registered at Longhua Temple and received the full monastic precepts from the Venerable Zhaokong. Her Dharma body was serene, rooted in her innate nature. She strictly upheld the monastic rules, earning the high regard of the Buddhist community. The state, honoring the virtuous teachings and rejoicing in guiding people toward liberation, decreed the establishment of ten Great Virtuous Ones on the Eastern and Western Avenues, granting them access to both inner and outer altars, so that later students might have a refuge and transmit the essential mind of all Buddhas. Having been selected for this role, her path shone even brighter. Disciples revered her as their master, and devotees looked up to her with admiration, their faith flowing like water downhill—it was not she who sought the ignorant, but they who were drawn to her. With single-minded devotion, she oversaw the renovation of the Buddha hall. Offerings of gold and coins came from the fourfold assembly. Lofty pavilions rose like mountains, and long corridors stretched like birds in flight. The statues were firmly established, and the monastic discipline was strictly maintained. Leading her disciples in expounding the sutras, she shared blessings equally with the assembly. Therefore, those who heard her teachings respected her, and those who saw her believed. The teachings of the Tathagata were known and cherished through her. Once, while at ease in her hometown, she pointed to the northern plain and said to her younger brothers, "This is where I shall rest. Remember this." This was to show that in life she belonged to the Buddha, and in death she would return to her homeland—a way to repay, even in the slightest, the profound kindness of her parents who bore the toil of raising her. In the fourth month of the Wuxu year of the Yuanhe era (818 CE), on the day Gengchen, she peacefully passed into transformation. Her life spanned sixty-six years, with forty-five years as a monastic. In the seventh month, on the day Yiyou, her spirit was transferred to Biyuan in Honggu Township, Wannian County. Following her final instructions, no mound or pagoda was erected. Instead, earth was piled to form an altar, and a \*Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī\* pillar was planted before it. The arrangements for her burial were all carried out in accordance with her wishes. Her disciples, the bhikṣuṇīs such as Ruyi, had served her diligently for years. They wept bitterly, upholding her final teachings. Several hundred, even a thousand, people gathered with staffs to attend her funeral—such was the pinnacle of Buddhist honor and mourning, rarely seen to this extent! Her paternal cousin, Tongyi, a Provincial Graduate, composed this epitaph for the Late Great Virtuous One of the Inner and Outer Altars of Longhua Temple, the Venerable Wei.