[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) › [冥報記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082) › 2.2 # 冥報記 2.2 冥報記 2.2 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.2.2) 隋開皇中。魏州刺史博陵崔彥武。因行部。至一邑。愕然驚喜。謂從者。吾昔甞在此邑中。為人婦。今知家處。迴馬入修巷。曲至一家叩門。命主人。主人公年老。走出拜謁。彥武入家。先升其堂。視東壁上。去地六七尺有高隆。謂主人曰。吾昔所讀法華經。并金釵五隻。藏此壁中。高處是也。經第七卷尾後紙。火燒失文字。吾至今。每誦此經。至第七卷尾。恒忘失不能記。因令左右鑿壁。果得經函。開第七卷尾。及金釵。並如其言。主人涕泣曰。亡妻存日。常讀此經。釵亦是亡妻之物。妻因產死。遂失所在。不淫使君。乃示其處。彥武亦云。庭前槐樹。吾欲產時。自解頭髮。置此樹空中。試令人探。果得髮。主人於是主人悲喜。彥武留衣物。厚給主人而去。崔尚書敦禮說云然。往年見盧文勵。亦同。但言齊州刺史不得姓名。不崔具。仍依崔錄。 > During the Kaihuang era of the Sui, Cui Yanwu of Boling, Regional Inspector of Weizhou, arrived at a settlement while inspecting his department. Astounded and pleasantly surprised, he said to his attendants, “In a past life, I was once a woman in this settlement, a man's wife. Now I know where the house is.” Turning his horse, he entered a long lane, turned into a house, and knocked on the gate, calling for the master. The master was aged, and he ran out to bow and pay homage. Yanwu entered the house and first ascended its hall. Looking at the eastern wall, where there was a prominence six or seven chi from the ground, he said to the master, “The Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra that I used to read in the past, together with five gold hairpins, are hidden within this wall; the raised place is it. On the paper behind the end of the seventh fascicle of the sūtra, fire burned away the text. To this day, every time I recite this sūtra, whenever I reach the end of the seventh fascicle, I invariably forget and lose it, unable to remember.” Thereupon, he ordered his attendants to chisel into the wall, and indeed they retrieved the sūtra case. When they opened it, the end of the seventh fascicle and the gold hairpins were all just as he had said. The master wept and said, “When my late wife was alive, she constantly read this sūtra; the hairpins were also my late wife's possessions. My wife died in childbirth, and their location was lost. I did not imagine that the regional inspector would point out their location!” Yanwu also said, “Before the courtyard locust tree, when I was about to give birth, I loosened my own hair and placed it inside the hollow of this tree.” When he had someone feel inside to test it, they indeed obtained the hair. Thereupon the master was filled with sorrow and joy. Yanwu left behind clothes and goods, generously providing for the master, and departed. Minister Cui Dunli recounted it thus. In past years I met Lu Wenli, who also told the same story, but said it was the Regional Inspector of Qizhou without getting his name; it was not as complete as Cui’s account, so I still follow Cui's record. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.2.1) - [Next: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.2.3) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082~en-mt.2.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.2.2) · Pramāṇa