[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) › 44.46 # 經律異相 44.46 經律異相 44.46 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [44.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.44.46) 昔有一人。於市賣毘耶鬼。欲買鬼者問索幾許。鬼主言。二百兩金。曰。此鬼有何奇異。乃索爾所金耶。曰。此鬼其功無物不為。計一日作當百人。唯有一病。宜先防護之。問為何等病。曰。此鬼欲使作時。晝夜使之。莫令停息。若無作者便還害主。主人顧金將歸。令作田種。作田種竟便使木作。木作竟復使治地。作屋舂磨炊爨初不寧息。數年之中乃致大富。主人有事當行作客。忘不處分而鬼復欲作無有次第。取主人兒內釜中然火煮之。比主人還子已爛熟。傷切懊惱知復何言（出譬喻經）。 > Formerly, a man was selling a Piye ghost in the marketplace. A person wishing to buy the ghost asked how much he wanted. The ghost's master said: 'Two hundred ounces of gold.' The buyer asked: 'What extraordinary power does this ghost have that you demand so much gold?' The seller said: 'As for this ghost's ability, there is nothing it cannot do; one day's work by it equals that of a hundred men. It has only one defect, against which you must guard beforehand.' He asked what defect it was. The seller said: 'When you set this ghost to work, you must keep it working day and night without letting it rest. If it has nothing to do, it will turn and harm its master.' The master paid the gold and took it home. He ordered it to plow and sow; when plowing and sowing were finished, he set it to woodwork; when woodwork was finished, he set it to leveling ground, building houses, pounding grain, milling, and cooking, never letting it rest for a moment. Within a few years, he became exceedingly wealthy. The master had an affair requiring him to travel as a guest; he forgot to leave instructions, and the ghost, wanting to work without any ordered tasks, took the master's child, placed him in a cauldron, lit a fire, and boiled him. By the time the master returned, the child was already boiled tender. Grieved, heartbroken, and full of regret, what more could he say? (Extracted from the Parable Sūtra). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 44.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.44.45) - [Next: 44.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.44.47) - [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.44.46) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.44.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.44.46) · Pramāṇa