釋門自鏡錄 2.79

2.79

蜀郡金華寺法師秀榮。院內多松柏。生毛虫色黃。長二三寸。莫知紀極。秀榮使人掃除埋瘞或棄于柴積內。僧仁秀取柴煮料。于烈日中晒乾。虫死者無數。經月餘秀榮暴卒。金華寺有僧入冥。見秀榮荷鐵枷。坐空地烈日中。有萬萬虫咂噬。僧還魂備說與仁秀。仁秀大駭。遂患背瘡。數日而卒。

Dharma Master Xiurong of Jinhua Monastery in Shu Commandery had many pines and cypresses in his courtyard. Yellow caterpillars, two to three inches long, bred there without end. Xiurong had people sweep them up and bury them or discard them in the firewood stacks. The monk Renxiu took the firewood to cook provisions and dried it in the scorching sun; countless caterpillars died. After more than a month, Xiurong died suddenly. A monk of Jinhua Monastery entered the underworld and saw Xiurong wearing an iron cangue, sitting in the open under the blazing sun, bitten and devoured by tens of millions of insects. When the monk revived, he recounted everything to Renxiu. Renxiu was terrified; he soon suffered from back sores and died within a few days.