廣弘明集 26.9

26.9

During the Putong era, He Yin was extravagant in his dining; his meals always covered a square zhang. Later, he gradually wished to go even further, and had his disciples deliberate on it. The scholar Zhong Wan said: 'When maggots approach dried meat, they hasten their bending and extending; when crabs are about to be steamed, their restless thrashing is ever more severe. When a benevolent person turns his mind to this, he deeply harbors sorrow and grief. Moreover, plants that neither wither nor bloom are inferior even to firewood and wild grass; lacking fragrance and stench, how can they compare to rubble?'