[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [雜譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207) › 1.18 # 雜譬喻經 1.18 雜譬喻經 1.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.18) 昔北天竺有一木師大巧，作一木女端正無雙，衣帶嚴飾與世女無異，亦來亦去亦能行酒看客，唯不能語耳。時南天竺有一畫師，亦善能畫，木師聞之，作好飲食即請畫師。畫師既至，便使木女行酒擎食從旦至夜，畫師不知謂是真女，欲心極盛念之不忘。時日以暮木師入宿，亦留畫師令住止，以此木女立侍其側，便語客言：「故留此女可共宿也。」主人已入，木女立在燈邊，客即呼之而女不來，客謂此女羞故不來，便前以手牽之，乃知是木，便自慚愧，心念口言：「主人誑我，我當報之。」於是畫師復作方便，即於壁上畫作己像，所著被服與身不異，以繩繫頸狀似絞死，畫作蠅鳥著其口啄，作已閉戶自入床下。天明主人出，見戶未開，即向中觀，唯見壁上絞死客像，主人大怖便謂實死，即破戶入以刀斷繩。於是畫師從床下出，木師大羞。畫師即言：「汝能誑我，我能誑汝，客主情畢，不相負也。」二人相謂：「世人相誑惑，孰異於此？」時彼二人信知誑惑，各捨所親愛出家修道。 > Formerly in North India there was a carpenter of great skill. He made a wooden woman of peerless beauty, adorned with clothes and ribbons no different from a woman of the world. She could come and go, serve wine, and wait upon guests; only she could not speak. At that time in South India there was a painter who was also exceptionally skilled in painting. Hearing of him, the carpenter prepared fine food and drink and invited the painter. When the painter arrived, \[the carpenter\] made the wooden woman serve wine and carry food from morning until night. Not knowing, the painter thought she was a real woman; sexual desire welled up intensely within him, and he could not forget her. At nightfall, the carpenter went in to sleep, and he also detained the painter to lodge there, making this wooden woman stand by his side in attendance. He said to the guest, "I have purposely left this woman so that you may sleep together." After the host had gone inside, the wooden woman stood beside the lamp. The guest called to her, but the woman did not come. The guest thought she was shy and therefore would not come, so he stepped forward and pulled her by the hand. Only then did he realize she was made of wood. Full of shame, he thought to himself and muttered, "The host has tricked me; I must repay him." Thereupon the painter devised a stratagem: he painted his own likeness upon the wall, wearing garments identical to his own, with a cord tied around the neck as though he had been hanged. He also painted flies and birds pecking at his mouth. Having finished, he shut the door and crawled under the bed. At dawn, the host came out and saw that the door was not yet open. Looking inside, he saw only the image of the hanged guest upon the wall. The host was terrified, believing he was truly dead. He smashed open the door, rushed in, and cut the cord with a knife. Thereupon the painter emerged from under the bed, and the carpenter was deeply ashamed. The painter said, "You were able to deceive me, and I was able to deceive you. Guest and host are now even; neither owes the other." The two said to each other, "How does the mutual deception and delusion of worldly people differ from this?" Both realizing the nature of deception and delusion, each abandoned those dear to him and left home to cultivate the Way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.17) - [Next: 1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.19) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207~en-mt.1.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.18) · Pramāṇa