The story of Hōnen’s 法然 （1133–1212） meeting with Shandao 善導 （613–681） in a dream is very well known, and often cited in the biographies of Hōnen. The Rinnabon 琳阿本 version of the Hōnen shōnin den’e kotoba 法然上人伝絵詞 refers a certain separate biography （betsuden 別傳） as the source of their meeting in a dream. Many researchers believe this to be either the Mukan shōsō-ki 夢感聖相記 or the Daigohon Ichigo monogatari 醍醐本一期物語.
The Ichigo monogatari has a description reading 従光中百寶色鳥飛散充満, while the Shinikki 私日記 says 自光中百寶色鳥飛散充満. In the Rinnabon, we read 白光の中に百寶色の鳥とびちりて. On this basis, the Rinnabon must have miscopied this part of the Shinikki, taking 自光 （parallel to 従光） wrongly as 白光. Therefore, we may conclude that the “separate biography” mentioned in the Rinnabon refers to the Shinikki.
