A NUN (尼) — Weiji Zhi of Xiongsheng in Hangzhou, daughter of a notable Yaojiang family who entered the way as a virgin child. She regularly accompanied her father to see the old man Yuanwu at Tiantong, and later studied with Tongyun at Xuedou, who tested her on Shun's 'ancient mirror' story. Asked about the mirror before polishing she said 'Look at your feet'; after polishing, 'Two eyes facing two eyes.' Struck by Tongyun, she answered 'The sweet melon is sweet through to the stem, the bitter gourd bitter down to the root,' then shouted and offered a verse: 'Without bones of frost and ice, who could study the Xuedou Chan?'
References: DILA Authority
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