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title: "續比丘尼傳 · 五六、宋南昌妙住庵尼黃心傳"
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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### 五六、宋南昌妙住庵尼黃心傳

> 56\. Huang Xinchuan, Nun of Miaozhu Hermitage in Nanchang, Song Dynasty

黃心，南昌馬氏女，乳名瑙兒。丱歲從父問字，明敏絕倫，兼閒女紅。愛弄管絃，每潛鄰閨習之，畏家庭譴責也。年十三，慈父見背，依母鍼黹度日。尋嫁茶商季某為妻，季因事得罪，遂為南昌知府某所得。越一年，知府亦陷於法，心遂輾轉為妓。一日，有一老尼容止甚醜陋，故犯心輿，婢從訶之，不去，心遂搴帷審視，若故相識者。尼見心，驀然喝曰：「爾不憶如來座下失聲一笑時耶？」心聞言，頓悟前生，方欲酬答，尼已不見。心既歸，遂屏謝遊冶，即日覓得妙住庵，依師出家，蓋嘉定十二年四月八日也。時瓊琯紫清真人白玉蟾方訪道入浙，留滯南昌，聞知其事，大為嘆美。贈以詩曰：「如今無用繡香囊，已入空王選佛場。生鐵脊梁三事衲，冷灰心緒一爐香。庭前竹長真如翠，檻外花開般若香。萬事到頭都是夢，天傾三峽洗高唐。」又贈以詞曰：「荳蔻丁香，待則甚，如今休也。爭知道本來面目、風光洒洒底事？到頭驚鳳侶，不如嚲脫鴛鴦社。好說與幾個正迷人，休嗟訝。紗窗外，梅花下，酒醒也，教人怕。把翠雲翦卻，緇衣披挂。柳色已參彌勒了，趙州要勘臺山話。想而今心似白芙蕖，無人畫。」其師為一有道高尼，年已八十餘，度弟子十餘輩。嘗曰：「余最後弟子尚未來。」及心發道意，使者方至門，尼即遙呼曰：「汝之來意，我已預知。」令彼速來，使者驚駭返報，心乃剃度受戒。未久，其師付以衣缽，溘然圓寂。心為庵主之後，終日潛修，道望蔚著，四方叩法席者逾三百眾。齋寮靜室，鱗次櫛比，更興大願，鑄銅鐘一口，重四萬八千斤。因冶經八易，潰不成形，心自計願力不虔，乃有此失。遂於九次捨身入爐，鐘竟圓滿。

> Huang Xin was the daughter of the Ma family in Nanchang, with the childhood name Nao'er. As a young girl, she learned characters from her father and was exceptionally bright and quick-witted, also skilled in needlework. She loved playing musical instruments and would often sneak into the neighboring women's quarters to practice, fearing reprimand from her family. At the age of thirteen, her beloved father passed away, and she relied on her mother's sewing to make ends meet. Soon after, she married a tea merchant named Ji, but when Ji got into trouble with the law, she was taken by a certain prefect of Nanchang. A year later, the prefect also fell afoul of the law, and Xin ended up drifting into life as a courtesan. One day, an old nun, whose appearance was quite unattractive, deliberately bumped into Xin's carriage. The maids scolded her, but she wouldn't leave. Xin then lifted the curtain to look closely and felt as if she recognized her. Seeing Xin, the nun suddenly shouted, "Do you not remember the moment you laughed aloud under the Tathagata's seat?" Upon hearing this, Xin instantly awakened to her past life. Just as she was about to respond, the nun had vanished. After returning, Xin withdrew from her frivolous life. That very day, she found Miaozhu Nunnery and took refuge with a teacher to leave the householder's life—this was on the eighth day of the fourth month in the twelfth year of the Jiading era. At that time, the Daoist adept Bai Yuchan, also known as the Purple Pure Perfected Being of Qiongguan, was traveling through Zhejiang in search of the Way and had lingered in Nanchang. Hearing of this matter, he greatly admired it and composed a poem for her: \*No need now for embroidered sachets, You've entered the Buddha's chosen ground. A spine of iron, three robes of mendicant's wear, A mind like cold ash, one incense burner's prayer. Before the courtyard, bamboo grows truly green, Beyond the railings, flowers bloom with Prajna's sheen. All matters in the end are but a dream, As heaven pours three gorges to wash the lofty scene.\* He also gifted her a lyric poem: \*Cardamom and clove, what use to wait? Now let them rest. Who knows the original face, so clear and manifest? Why startle the phoenix pair in the end? Better to shed the mandarin duck band. Speak well to those still lost in confusion, Tell them not to sigh in disillusion. Outside the gauze window, beneath the plum tree, Awake from wine, it makes one fearful, you see. Cut away the emerald clouds, don the black robe instead, The willow's hue already hints at Maitreya's tread. Zhaozhou would test with Mount Tai's dialogue, I imagine now her heart is like a white lotus, Unpainted by any hand.\* Her teacher was a highly accomplished elder nun, over eighty years old, who had guided more than ten disciples. She once said, "My final disciple has not yet come." When Xin resolved to follow the path, a messenger had just arrived at the gate. The nun called out from afar, "Your purpose in coming, I already know in advance." She told him to hurry back, and the messenger, astonished, returned to report. Xin then shaved her head and received the precepts. Not long after, her teacher transmitted the robe and bowl to her and peacefully passed into final nirvana. After Xin became the abbess of the nunnery, she devoted herself to deep cultivation day and night. Her reputation in the Way flourished, and over three hundred seekers came from all directions to knock at her dharma seat. The meditation halls and quiet rooms lined up row upon row. She further made a great vow to cast a bronze bell weighing forty-eight thousand jin. However, after eight attempts at the furnace, it failed to take shape. Xin reflected that her vow-power might not be sincere enough, leading to this failure. Thus, for the ninth time, she offered her own body into the furnace, and the bell was finally perfected.