經律異相 44.80

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昔者眾商人。經由嶮道值劫。大失衣物。中有一衣。是鹿胎毛細軟滑澤織持作衣。其價百倍。而色紫黑不悅人眼。劫不賞別用持作帊。以盛麁衣他處共分。各取雜物謂是奇好。餘此一帊未展分張。劫群中有困弱人。獨不與分。苦論共以帊乞。即自賣之。時大貴人知是好物。依限雇直。比於餘劫所得等分。諸劫聞之大生恥惱（出百句譬喻經第一卷）。

Formerly, a group of merchants passed through a perilous road and encountered robbers, losing a great deal of clothing and goods. Among them was a garment made of fawn down, finely spun, soft, and glossy; its value was a hundredfold [that of the others], but its color was purplish-black and not pleasing to the eye. The robbers did not recognize its distinction and used it as a wrapping cloth to hold coarse clothes, going to another place to divide them together. Each took various items, thinking them wonderful and fine, leaving this single wrapping cloth before they had distributed it. Among the band of robbers, there was a distressed and weak man whom they alone would not give a share. Bitterly disputing, they together gave him the wrapping cloth as a handout. He immediately sold it himself. At that time, a great nobleman knew it was a fine article and paid its price according to its value, which equaled the shares obtained by the rest of the robbers. When the robbers heard of this, they were deeply ashamed and vexed. (Taken from the Sūtra of One Hundred Parables, fascicle 1.)