經律異相 45.42

45.42

舍衛國內。有富長者。名晨居。家有一婢。字弗尼持。大頭禿髮眼目正青。口鼻了戾略不類人。常給外役收刈樵草。去家數里有一泉源。既香且甘。婢持瓶取水。時左右舍有一婦。自絞樹上影臨泉中。婢見面像謂是己形。即大瞋罵。我端正乃爾。驅役田園困苦如是。即撲瓶破歸家昇堂。坐於夫人七寶座上流蘇帳中。家大驚怪謂婢狂疾。問之何為。答曰。我於水中自見端正。大家不別獨見賤遇。即與鏡照之。乃見醜形猶生不信。送臨水上見死人影。婢意方解慚愧自分（出十卷譬喻經第七卷）。

In the country of Śrāvastī, there was a wealthy elder named Chenju. In his house he had a slave girl named Funitici. She had a large head, bald hair, and her eyes were stark green; her mouth and nose were crooked and twisted, scarcely resembling a human. She was constantly assigned to menial labor outside, harvesting crops and gathering firewood and grass. Several li away from the house was a spring that was both fragrant and sweet. The slave girl carried a pitcher to fetch water. At that time, in a neighboring house, there was a woman who had hanged herself from a tree, her reflection hanging over the spring. The slave girl saw the face and thought it was her own form. She immediately cursed in great anger: "Since I am this handsome, why am I driven to work in the fields and gardens, suffering such hardship?" She threw down the pitcher, breaking it, returned home, went up to the hall, and sat upon the lady's seven-jewel throne inside the tasseled curtains. The household was greatly shocked and thought the slave girl had gone mad. They asked her what she was doing. She replied: "I saw in the water that I am handsome. The master and mistress do not recognize it, and treat me alone with contempt." They at once gave her a mirror to look into. When she saw her ugly form, she still did not believe it. They took her to the water, where she saw the reflection of the dead person. Only then did the slave girl understand; she felt ashamed and accepted her lot (from the Shijuan piyu jing, fascicle 7).