《太平广记·卷四百九十一·杂传记》
故乡中的豪门争相求婚，但小娥在心中发誓绝不再嫁。于是小娥剪去了头发，穿上了粗布衣服，到牛头山寻找有学问的僧人去了。
里中豪族争求聘，娥誓心不嫁，遂剪发披褐，访道于牛头山，师事大士尼蒋律师。
The influential families in her hometown competed to ask for her hand in marriage, but Xiao’e had vowed to herself that she would never marry again. So Xiao’e cut off her hair, dressed in rough clothes, and went into the Niu’tou mountains to seek out a learned monk.