起信論疏筆削記 19.36

19.36

少男女等者，即順情境，謂作父母兄弟諸佛形像等。可畏身者，或為虎狼師子羅剎之形，種種可畏之像，來怖行人。如嵬禪師所見，或無頭，師見之，曰：「善哉！汝無頭痛之患。」或無腹五藏等，皆以言戲之。又見年少女人，師曰：「貧道身如枯木，心若死灰，無以革囊見試。」此鬼即時飛空而反，仍有偈云：大海可竭，須彌可傾，彼上人者，秉志堅貞。兕者，有說似牛，青色一角，重千餘斤，牙爪銛利，能伏千虎。乃至者，若多於卯時來者必是兔塵鹿等，辰時來即龍鼉魚等，巳時即蛇蚓鰍等，午時即馬驢駝等，未時即羊雁鷹等，申時即猴玃猨等，酉時即雞烏雉等，戌時即狗狼豺等，亥時即猪㺄豕等，子時即鼠燕蝠等，丑時即牛鼈蟹等。

"Young boys and girls," etc., refers to agreeable conditions, namely producing the physical forms of parents, brothers, various Buddhas, and the like. "Frightful forms" refers to forms such as tigers, wolves, lions, or rākṣasas, various terrifying shapes coming to frighten the practitioner. It is like what Chan Master Wei saw: some had no head, and the master, seeing them, said: "Excellent! You have no trouble with headaches!" Or they had no belly, internal organs, and the like, and he playfully mocked them all with words. He also saw a young woman, and the master said: "This poor monk's body is like withered wood, and his mind is like dead ashes; do not test me with a leather bag of filth!" This ghost immediately flew into the air and retreated, even leaving a verse: "The great ocean may dry up, / Mount Sumeru may tumble, / But that superior man / Holds his resolve steadfast and pure." Regarding the si: some say it resembles an ox, is blue-black in color with a single horn, weighs over a thousand catties, and has sharp fangs and claws that can subdue a thousand tigers. "And so on": if they mostly come during the hour of the Rabbit (5–7 a.m.), they must be hares, deer, and the like; if during the hour of the Dragon (7–9 a.m.), dragons, alligators, fish, and the like; if during the hour of the Snake (9–11 a.m.), snakes, earthworms, loaches, and the like; if during the hour of the Horse (11 a.m.–1 p.m.), horses, donkeys, camels, and the like; if during the hour of the Goat (1–3 p.m.), sheep, wild geese, hawks, and the like; if during the hour of the Monkey (3–5 p.m.), monkeys, apes, gibbons, and the like; if during the hour of the Rooster (5–7 p.m.), roosters, crows, pheasants, and the like; if during the hour of the Dog (7–9 p.m.), dogs, wolves, jackals, and the like; if during the hour of the Pig (9–11 p.m.), pigs, boars, swine, and the like; if during the hour of the Rat (11 p.m.–1 a.m.), rats, swallows, bats, and the like; and if during the hour of the Ox (1–3 a.m.), oxen, turtles, crabs, and the like.