法苑珠林 44.48

44.48

漢靈帝建寧三年。河內有婦食夫。河南有夫食婦。夫婦陰陽二儀之體也。有情之深者也。今反相食。陰陽相侵。豈特日月之眚哉。靈帝既沒天下大亂。君有妄誅之暴。臣有劫弑之逆。兵革傷殘骨肉為讐。生民之禍至矣。故人妖為之先作。恨不遭幸有屠乘之論以測其情也（右三驗出搜神記）。

In the third year of the Jianning era of Emperor Ling of Han, in Henei a wife ate her husband, and in Henan a husband ate his wife. Husband and wife are the embodiments of the two forms, yin and yang; they are those of deep affection. Now on the contrary they ate each other, yin and yang violating one another: was this merely an eclipse of the sun and moon? After Emperor Ling passed away, all under Heaven was in great disorder; the ruler had the tyranny of reckless executions, and the ministers had the treason of coercion and assassination; weapons injured and mutilated, and flesh and blood became enemies; the disaster of the living beings was extreme. Therefore, human monstrosities preceded it. One regrets not having had the fortune of Tu Cheng's discourse to fathom its disposition (the above three verifications are from the Soushen ji).