[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) › 44.50 # 經律異相 44.50 經律異相 44.50 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [44.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.44.50) 昔有一人犯罪於王。王大瞋忿。使人割其背膂五斤肉。置之下屋。此人痛苦叫喚徹王。王問何意不分。答曰。實非我罪。王思愧之。勅以一百斤肉乞。其猶故呻喚。王曰。頓補百斤云何大喚。諸臣答言。不見此法。與千斤何益其痛。若人一兒已死。他人以百與之。此人能不念其兒不（出百句譬喻經第三卷）。 > Formerly, a man committed an offense against the king. The king was exceedingly enraged and had someone cut off five catties of flesh from his back and spine, placing him in an outhouse. The man was in extreme agony, and his cries reached the king. The king asked why he did not accept his fate, and he replied: 'It was truly not my crime!' The king felt remorse upon reflection and decreed that one hundred catties of flesh be bestowed on him. Yet he still groaned and cried out. The king said: 'I have made up for it at once with a hundred catties; why do you still shout loudly?' The ministers replied: 'Do you not see this truth? Even if you gave a thousand catties, how would it relieve his pain? If a man's only child has died and another gives him a hundred children, could he not yearn for his own child?' (Extracted from the Hundred Parables Sūtra, fascicle 3). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 44.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.44.49) - [Next: 44.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.44.51) - [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.44.50) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.44.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.44.50) · Pramāṇa