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　　天妃靈應記
　天妃莆田湄洲嶼林氏女也《割書：張學禮記云天妃蔡｜氏女猴嶼人非是》父
　名愿《割書：字曰惟愨母王氏｜一云林孚第六女》宋初官都巡檢妃生而神靈
　少與群女照井有神捧銅符出以授妃群女奔駭自
　是屢著神異常乘片蓆渡海人咸稱爲通賢靈女一
　日方織忽據機瞑坐顔色變異母蹴起問之寤而泣
　曰父無恙兄歿矣有頃信至父與兄渡海舟覆若有
　挾之者父得不溺兄以柁摧遂堕海死雍熙四年昇
　化于湄州嶼《割書：張學禮記云救父投海身亡非是一云｜妃生于建隆元年庚申三月二十三日》

現代語訳

天妃霊応記

天妃は莆田の湄洲嶼の林氏の女である《割書：張学礼記によれば天妃は蔡氏の女で猴嶼の人であるというが、これは誤りである》。父の名は愿《割書：字は惟愨、母は王氏。一説によれば林孚の第六女》で、宋の初めに都巡検の官を務めた。妃は生まれながらにして神霊で、少女の頃に仲間の女性たちと井戸を覗き込んでいたところ、神が銅の符を捧げ持って現れ、これを妃に授けた。仲間の女性たちは驚き恐れて逃げ去った。それ以来しばしば神異を現し、いつも一枚の筵に乗って海を渡っていたので、人々は皆彼女を通賢霊女と称した。

ある日、機織りをしていたところ、突然機に寄りかかったまま目を閉じて座り込み、顔色が変わった。母が蹴って起こし尋ねると、目覚めて泣いて言うには「父は無事ですが、兄は亡くなりました」と。しばらくして知らせが届くと、父と兄が海を渡る時に舟が転覆したが、何かに支えられるように父は溺れずに済み、兄は舵が壊れたため遂に海に落ちて死んだという。雍熙四年、湄洲嶼で昇天した《割書：張学礼記によれば父を救おうと海に飛び込んで身を亡くしたとあるが、これは誤りである。一説によれば妃は建隆元年庚申三月二十三日に生まれたという》。

英語訳

Record of the Divine Manifestations of Tianfei

Tianfei was a daughter of the Lin family from Meizhou Island in Putian 《Marginal note: According to Zhang Xueli's record, Tianfei was a daughter of the Cai family from Houyu Island, but this is incorrect》. Her father was named Yuan 《Marginal note: His courtesy name was Weique, her mother was from the Wang family. According to one account, she was the sixth daughter of Lin Fu》, who served as Capital Patrol Inspector in the early Song dynasty. The goddess was born with divine spiritual powers. When she was young, while looking into a well with a group of girls, a deity appeared holding a bronze talisman and bestowed it upon her. The other girls fled in terror. From that time on, she frequently manifested supernatural phenomena and would always cross the sea riding on a single mat, so people all called her the "Wise and Miraculous Lady."

One day, while weaving, she suddenly leaned against her loom, closed her eyes and sat motionless, her complexion changing dramatically. Her mother kicked her to wake her up and questioned her. Upon awakening, she wept and said, "Father is safe, but elder brother has died." Shortly after, news arrived that when her father and brother were crossing the sea, their boat capsized, but her father avoided drowning as if something was supporting him, while her brother fell into the sea and died when the rudder broke. In the fourth year of Yongxi, she ascended to heaven at Meizhou Island 《Marginal note: According to Zhang Xueli's record, she died by throwing herself into the sea to save her father, but this is incorrect. According to one account, the goddess was born on the twenty-third day of the third month in the first year of Jianlong, year geng-shen》.