釋門自鏡錄 1.68

1.68

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.”