三寶感應要略錄 1.63

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夏侯均者勇州人也。顯慶二年。受重病經四十餘日。昏亂悶絕而死。自被配作牛身。祈云。甞三度於陰師處受戒。兼受持藥師經。自造形像。自省無過。何遣作牛身受苦如此。均已被配磨坊。經二十四日苦使。後為勘受戒等。是實不虛。始得免罪。還蘇說此事矣。

Xiahou Jun was a native of Yongzhou. In the second year of the Xianqing era, he fell gravely ill, and after more than forty days he became delirious, lost consciousness, and died. He found himself condemned to be reborn as an ox. He prayed, saying, “I once received the precepts three times from Master Yin, and I also upheld the Bhaiṣajyaguru-sūtra and personally fashioned an image. Examining myself, I find no fault; why am I sent to suffer like this in the body of an ox?” Jun had already been assigned to a millhouse and subjected to harsh labour for twenty-four days. Later, because an investigation verified that his receiving of the precepts and other deeds were genuine and not false, he was finally spared punishment, revived, and related this matter.