經律異相 45.14

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母生二子。一不知浮。墮水而終。母都不哭。一知浮亦墮水亡。母悲哭之。人言。前子不哭。後子而哭何耶。母言。前不知浮故其宜也。後者工浮其為枉也（出十卷譬喻經第八卷）。

A mother gave birth to two sons. One did not know how to swim, fell into the water, and died; the mother did not weep at all. The other knew how to swim, yet also fell into the water and perished; the mother wept bitterly for him. People said, "You did not weep for the former son, but weep for the latter son—why?" The mother said, "The former did not know how to swim, so it was expected. The latter was skilled at swimming, so it was an injustice" (from the eighth fascicle of the Ten-Fascicle Avadāna Sūtra).