1890年，转道长老与父亲黄依及赴漳州南山寺礼喜修上人为师，同时落发为僧，随后与曾南普陀寺住持兼闽南佛学院的创立者——会泉长老同坛受戒。
In 1890, Venerable Sik Zhuan Dao and his father, Huang Yi Ji, went to Nanshan Temple in Zhangzhou. Venerable Sik Zhuan Dao became a novice monk under the guidance of Venerable Shi Xi Xiu.
Venerable Sik Zhuan Dao later received Higher Ordination at the same altar as Venerable Shi Hui Quan, the then Abbot of Nanputuo Temple and founder of Minnan Buddhist College.