釋門自鏡錄 1.68

1.68

渤海沙門曇慧。有錢百貫文。面各兩兩相合。櫃內盛之。慧在別舍夢失其錢云。是并州檀坊人姓名將去。寤而開櫃視之則無錢矣。依夢往造其門乞食。主人云。貧無飯。曇慧曰。新得百貫文何為也。主人驚曰。實始得錢。此將與君。慧辭云。天以此錢與君。貧道不得取也。

The śramaṇa Tanhui of Bohai had a hundred strings of cash, each stacked in pairs with face facing face, stored inside a chest. While staying in another lodge, Tanhui dreamed that he lost his money, and was told that a certain person by name in Danfang of Bingzhou had taken it away. Awakening, he opened the chest and looked, and the money was indeed gone. Following his dream, he went to that person's gate to beg for food. The host said: “I am poor and have no food.” Tanhui said: “You have newly acquired a hundred strings of cash; why say this?” The host was astonished and said: “In truth, I only just acquired that money. I shall give it to you.” Tanhui declined, saying: “Heaven has given this money to you; this poor monk cannot take it.”