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卷一傳三司州西寺智賢尼

智賢。本姓趙。常山人也。父珍扶柳縣令。賢幼有雅操志[既/木]貞立。及在緇衣戒行修備。神情凝遠曠然不雜。

太守杜霸篤信黃老憎[怡-台+疾]釋種。符下諸寺剋日簡汰。制格高峻非凡所行。年少怖懼皆望風奔駭。唯賢獨無懼容興居自若。集城外射堂皆是耆德。簡試之日尼眾盛壯唯賢而已。霸先試賢以格。格皆有餘。賢儀觀清雅辭吐辯麗。霸密挾邪心逼賢獨住。賢識其意誓不毀戒法。不苟存身命抗言拒之。霸怒以刀斫賢二十餘瘡。悶絕躄地。霸去乃甦。倍加精進菜齋苦節。門徒百餘人。常如水乳。及符堅偽立聞風敬重。為製織繡袈裟。三歲方成。價直百萬。後住司州西寺。弘顯正法開長信行。晉太和中年七十餘。誦正法華經。猶日夜一遍。其所住處眾鳥依栖。經行之時鳴呼隨逐云

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