法苑珠林 31.70

31.70

晉太元中瓦官佛圖前淳于矜年少潔白。送客至石頭城南。逢一女子美姿容。矜悅之。因訪問。二情既和。將入城北角共盡忻好。便各分別。期更剋集。便欲結為伉儷。女曰。得婿如君死何恨。我兄弟多。翁母並在。當問我翁母矜便令女婢問其翁母。翁母亦懸許之。女因勅婢取銀百斤絹百匹。助矜成婚。經久養兩兒。當作祕書監。明果驟卒來召。車馬導從前後部鼓吹。經少日有獵者過。覓矜將數十犬徑突入齚婦及兒。並成貍。絹帛金銀並是草及死人骨。

During the Taiyuan reign of the Jin dynasty, before the stūpa of Waguan Temple, Chunyu Jin was young and fair. While seeing off a guest south of Shitou City, he met a woman of beautiful countenance. Jin was delighted with her and made inquiries. Both their feelings being in accord, they were about to enter the northern corner of the city together to share their joy, and then parted, arranging a time to meet again and desiring to wed. The woman said, 'To obtain a husband like you, what regret could I have even in death? I have many brothers, and my father and mother are both alive; you should ask my father and mother.' Jin then ordered a maidservant to ask her father and mother, and the father and mother also consented from afar. The woman then ordered the maidservant to fetch a hundred catties of silver and a hundred bolts of silk to help Jin complete the marriage. After a long time, they raised two sons. Jin was about to become the Director of the Palace Library, and on the following morning, sure enough, sudden messengers came to summon him with carriages, horses, and retinues, with drums and flutes playing in front and behind. After a few days, a hunter passed by, seeking Jin; he brought several dozen hounds, which charged straight in and bit the wife and sons, all of whom turned into wildcats. The silk fabrics, gold, and silver were all grass and dead men's bones.