冥報記 3.4

3.4

梁元帝。年六歲。見母莊匣中有大珠。取一珠口含。遂誤吞之。其珠意左右盜。訊問莫服。乃灰生魚自以詛之。明日帝大使。珠隨使而出。帝一目遂眇（見梁後略說之）。

When Emperor Yuan of the Liang was six years old, he saw a large pearl in his mother's cosmetic box, took one pearl, held it in his mouth, and then accidentally swallowed it. Suspecting that attendants had stolen the pearl, they interrogated them, but none confessed; thereupon they cremated a live fish to take an oath and curse [the thief]. The next day, the emperor had a bowel movement, and the pearl emerged with the feces. One of the emperor's eyes consequently went blind (see the *Brief Account of the Liang*).