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title: "續比丘尼傳 · 六六、元京師妙善寺尼舍藍藍傳"
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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## 續比丘尼傳卷三

> Continued Biographies of Bhikkhunis, Volume 3

民國．京口夾山沙門震華編述

> Compiled by Zhenhua, Monk of Jia Mountain in Jingkou, Republic of China Period

### 六六、元京師妙善寺尼舍藍藍傳

> Biography of Nun Shelalan of Miaoshan Temple in the Capital

舍藍藍，高昌人，其地隸北庭，風尚好佛，故為苾芻者多。太祖皇帝龍飛漠北，其王率所部以從，帝嘉其義，處之諸國君長之上，待以子壻之禮。海都之叛，國人南徙，師始八歲，從其親至京師，入侍中宮。真懿順聖皇后愛其明敏，恩顧尤厚。成宗之世，事皇太后於西宮。以侍從之久，勤勞之多，詔禮帝師迦羅斯巴幹即兒為師，薙染為尼。服用之物，皆取給於官。又眡宮官例，繼以既廩。武宗繼統，仁宗以太弟監國，師朝夕於太后之側，入而侍，出而從，所言必聽，所諫必從，睠寵之隆，猶子姪焉。內而妃主，外而王公，皆敬以師禮，稱曰八哈石。北人之稱八哈石，猶漢人之稱師也。仁宗之世，師以桑榆晚景，自謂出入宮掖數十餘年，凡歷四朝事三后，寵榮兼至，志願足矣。數請靜退，居於宮外，求至道以酬罔極。太后弗聽，力辭弗已，詔居妙善寺，以時入見。賜予之物，不可勝紀。師以其物，剏寺於京師曰妙善，又建寺於臺山曰普明，各置佛經一藏，恆業有差。又以黃金繕寫番字藏經般若八千頌，五護陀羅尼十餘部，及漢字華嚴、楞嚴，畏元字法華、金光明等經二部。又於西山重修龍泉寺，建層閣於蓮池，於吐蕃五大寺，高昌國栴檀佛寺，京師萬安寺等，皆貯鈔幣以給然燈續明之費。又製僧伽黎衣數百，施番、漢諸國之僧，其書寫佛經，凡用金數萬兩，剏寺施捨所用幣以萬計。其積而能散，施予不吝，期積福於來生，必至於地者，皆人所不能也。英宗之明，以其有靜退之高，眷遇尤至，每稱之賢，以為知幾。文宗即位，皇太后居中宮，以皇妣魯國太長公主愛重於師，有兄弟之義，尤加敬焉。至順三年二月廿一日歿，年六十四，葬南城之陽，賜號真淨大師。

> Shelanlan was from Gaochang, a region under the Beiting jurisdiction where the people held Buddhism in high esteem, and thus many became monks and nuns. When Emperor Taizu rose to power in the northern deserts, the king of Gaochang led his people to follow him. The emperor, appreciating their loyalty, placed them above other tribal chiefs and treated them with the courtesy due to sons and sons-in-law. During the rebellion of Haidu, the people of Gaochang migrated southward. At that time, Shelanlan was just eight years old and followed her family to the capital, where she entered service in the inner palace. Empress Zhenyi Shunsheng admired her intelligence and quick wit, showing her exceptional kindness and favor. During the reign of Emperor Chengzong, she served the empress dowager in the Western Palace. Due to her long service and numerous contributions, an imperial decree ordered that she take the imperial preceptor Jialuosibagan Jier as her teacher, shave her head, and become a nun. All her clothing and necessities were provided by the court. Furthermore, following the precedent for palace officials, she was granted a regular stipend. When Emperor Wuzong succeeded to the throne, Emperor Renzong, as the supervising prince, oversaw state affairs. Shelanlan attended the empress dowager day and night, serving her inside the palace and accompanying her outside. Her words were always heeded, and her advice was consistently followed. The favor and affection she received were like that of a niece or daughter. Within the palace, consorts and princesses, and outside, princes and dukes, all respected her with the reverence due to a teacher, addressing her as "Bahashi." Among the northern people, "Bahashi" was equivalent to the Han Chinese term for "teacher." During Emperor Renzong's reign, Shelanlan, in the twilight of her life, reflected that she had spent over several decades in the palace, serving through four reigns and three empresses, enjoying both honor and favor, and felt her aspirations were fully satisfied. She repeatedly requested to retire quietly and live outside the palace, seeking the ultimate path to repay boundless kindness. The empress dowager did not consent, but she persisted in her refusal. An imperial decree allowed her to reside in Miaoshan Temple, with permission to visit the palace periodically. The gifts bestowed upon her were too numerous to record. With these resources, she founded Miaoshan Temple in the capital and built Puming Temple on Mount Wutai, each housing a complete collection of Buddhist scriptures, with designated perpetual endowments. She also commissioned the transcription of the Prajna Paramita in Eight Thousand Lines in the Tibetan script using gold, along with more than ten volumes of the Five Protector Dharanis, and two Chinese scriptures: the Avatamsaka Sutra and the Shurangama Sutra, as well as the Lotus Sutra and the Golden Light Sutra in the Uighur-Mongolian script. Additionally, she restored Longquan Temple in the Western Hills, built a multi-story pavilion by the lotus pond, and provided funds for lighting lamps and maintaining perpetual light in five major Tibetan monasteries, the Sandalwood Buddha Temple in Gaochang, and Wan'an Temple in the capital. She also had several hundred monastic robes made and distributed them to monks in Tibetan and Han regions. The gold used for transcribing Buddhist scriptures amounted to tens of thousands of taels, and the funds spent on founding temples and making donations totaled in the tens of thousands. Her ability to accumulate and then generously disperse wealth, giving without stinginess, all in the hope of accumulating merit for the next life and certainly attaining enlightenment, was something ordinary people could not achieve. Emperor Yingzong, recognizing her virtue of quiet retirement, treated her with exceptional favor, often praising her as wise and perceptive. When Emperor Wenzong ascended the throne, the empress dowager resided in the central palace. Since the emperor's mother, the Grand Princess of the State of Lu, held Shelanlan in high esteem and regarded her as a sister, she was shown even greater respect. She passed away on the 21st day of the second month in the third year of the Zhishun era, at the age of sixty-four. She was buried south of the city and was posthumously honored with the title "Master Zhenjing."