[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121) › 44.10 # 經律異相 44.10 經律異相 44.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [44.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.44.10) 昔有一人名慈羅。見人賣鼈心中憐之。向鼈啼泣。賣鼈者言。汝何故向鼈啼乎。慈羅答言。我不忍見之。窮賣鼈者大笑。汝癡狂耳。答言。我念此鼈從君請買。主言。鼈直百萬。慈羅便將之歸家。傾舉子息得八十萬。慈羅言。我錢盡此假求無處。賣鼈者言。汝錢既盡可為作田以畢錢直。慈羅言諾。以車載鼈投著池中。鼈便能言語。方有大水君當上樹相呼。後日洪水大起人民死盡。慈羅上樹呼鼈。鼈便來至。慈羅坐鼈背上。前去數里。見一女人在流槎上沮息欲死。便向慈羅乞匃求載。慈羅啟鼈。此人可怜乞得載之。鼈言。往便復載之。前行十里。見賣鼈子流被槎上。從慈羅欲求載之。鼈言我已重。恐必疲極不能自度。慎勿載之。慈羅言。可哀今是非當載之。慈羅復載之。前行數十里。見數升蛾流被槎上。慈羅復報鼈載之。前至那竭國。女子便以金謝慈羅。賣鼈人言。此鼈本是我賣之。汝今得金當持還我。慈羅不與。賣鼈子便到那竭國王所云。慈羅偷人婦將之販。今持金銀來在此國中。那竭國王即召慈羅使吏斬之。吏上言其事欲下筆書。蛾輒緣筆不成字。王聞之便問慈羅。汝有何功德乎。慈羅具答。王誅賣鼈者（出阿難現變經）。 > In the past, there was a man named Ciluolu who saw someone selling a turtle. Feeling pity in his heart, he wept toward the turtle. The turtle-seller said: 'Why are you weeping toward the turtle?' Ciluolu answered: 'I cannot bear to look upon it.' The impoverished turtle-seller laughed loudly: 'You are crazy!' Ciluolu answered: 'Pitying this turtle, I wish to purchase it from you.' The owner said: 'The turtle is worth a million.' Ciluolu then took him to his home, poured out his savings and borrowed at interest, obtaining eight hundred thousand. Ciluolu said: 'My money is exhausted; I have nowhere else to borrow.' The turtle-seller said: 'Since your money is exhausted, you may farm for me to pay off the full price.' Ciluolu agreed. He loaded the turtle onto a cart and cast it into a pond. The turtle was then able to speak: 'A great flood will soon come; you should climb a tree and call to me.' In later days, a deluge arose and the people were all killed. Ciluolu climbed a tree and called to the turtle, and the turtle arrived. Ciluolu sat upon the turtle's back. Advancing several miles, he saw a woman upon a floating raft, gasping for breath and near death; she begged Ciluolu, asking to be carried. Ciluolu addressed the turtle: 'This person is pitiable; please allow me to carry her.' The turtle said: 'Go ahead and take her aboard.' Advancing ten miles, they saw the turtle-seller drifting on a raft, who sought to be carried by Ciluolu. The turtle said: 'I am already heavy; I fear I will become exhausted and unable to cross over myself. By no means take him aboard!' Ciluolu said: 'He is pitiable; now is not the time to weigh right and wrong, we must carry him.' Ciluolu carried him as well. Advancing several tens of miles, they saw several pints of moths drifting on a raft; Ciluolu again informed the turtle and took them aboard. Reaching the realm of Nagara, the woman thanked Ciluolu with gold. The turtle-seller said: 'This turtle was originally sold by me; now that you have obtained gold, you must give it to me.' Ciluolu refused to give it. The turtle-seller then went to the king of Nagara, saying: 'Ciluolu stole someone's wife to traffic her, and has now brought gold and silver to this realm.' The king of Nagara immediately summoned Ciluolu and ordered an officer to execute him. When the officer submitted a report of the matter and was about to write with his brush, the moths repeatedly crawled over the brush, preventing the characters from forming. Hearing of this, the king asked Ciluolu: 'What merit do you possess?' Ciluolu answered in full. The king executed the turtle-seller (from the \*Anan xianbian jing\*). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 44.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.44.9) - [Next: 44.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.44.11) - [Up: 44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.44) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.44.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.44.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.44.10) · Pramāṇa