佛祖歷代通載 1.193

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四人者。住四大洲八中洲等及諸小洲。彼壽量者。如贍部洲人。初成劫時其壽無量。次後漸減。今六十歲。次後漸減至十歲間。次復漸增無有定量。北鳩婁人定壽千歲。東勝身人壽五百歲。西牛貨人壽二百五十歲。除北鳩婁餘有夭橫。彼等受用。北鳩婁中食自然稻。衣服瓔珞出如意樹。餘三洲者。食穀肉等資寶受用。彼等身量贍部提人身量（四肘。東勝身人身量八肘。西牛貨人身十）六肘。北鳩婁人身三十二肘。人等面相亦如洲狀。其小洲人亦如大洲。身各減半。故如是說。

Fourth, humans: They reside on the four great continents, the eight intermediate continents, and so forth, as well as on various small continents. Regarding their lifespan: as for humans in Jambudvīpa, at the beginning of the kalpa of formation their lifespan was immeasurable; thereafter it gradually decreased, being sixty years at present; thereafter it will gradually decrease down to ten years; thereafter it will gradually increase again, having no fixed measure. Humans of Uttarakuru have a fixed lifespan of one thousand years; humans of Pūrvavideha have a lifespan of five hundred years; humans of Aparagodānīya have a lifespan of two hundred and fifty years. Except in Uttarakuru, the others have untimely deaths. Regarding their enjoyment of goods: in Uttarakuru they eat naturally grown rice, and clothes and necklaces emerge from wish-fulfilling trees; those on the other three continents eat grains, meat, and the like, enjoying material goods and treasures. Regarding their bodily size: the bodily size of humans of Jambudvīpa is [four cubits; the bodily size of humans of Pūrvavideha is eight cubits; the bodily size of humans of Aparagodānīya is six]teen cubits; the bodily size of humans of Uttarakuru is thirty-two cubits. The facial forms of humans also resemble the shapes of their continents. The humans on small continents are also like those on the great continents, their bodies being halved in each case. Therefore it is thus explained.