法苑珠林 49.37

49.37

又郭巨。河內溫人。甚富。父沒分財。二千萬為兩分。弟已獨取母供養住。自比隣有凶宅無人居者。共推與居無患。妻生男。慮養之則妨供養。乃令妻抱兒已掘地欲埋之。於土中得一釜黃金。金上有鐵券。曰賜孝子郭巨。

Furthermore, Guo Ju was a man of Wen in Henei. His family was very wealthy. When his father died, the estate was divided into two shares of twenty million each. His younger brother took his share, while Ju alone took his mother to support and live with. Nearby their neighborhood was an unlucky house where no one lived; everyone urged him to live there, and he suffered no harm. His wife bore a son; fearing that raising the child would hinder supporting his mother, he ordered his wife to hold the child, and he dug into the ground intending to bury him. In the earth, he obtained a pot of yellow gold. Upon the gold was an iron voucher stating: 'Conferred upon the filial son Guo Ju.'