虛堂和尚語錄 5.96

5.96

見說閩山多蠱毒，千方百計避無由，殤中既有催魂鬼，
一命還他方始休。

I have heard that the Min mountains have much gu poison; / By a thousand ways and myriad schemes, there is no way to avoid it. / Since within the untimely death there is a soul-hastening ghost, / Only when a life is paid back to it will it finally cease.