法苑珠林 56.53

56.53

漢陰生者。長安渭橋下乞小兒也。常於市匂。市中饜之。以糞灑之。旋復見黑灑衣。不污如故。長吏知試繫著桎梏。而續在市丐。試欲殺之乃去。灑之者家室屋自壞殺十餘人。長安中謠言曰。見乞兒與美酒。以免壞屋之咎。見搜神記。

Hanyin Sheng was a begging child beneath the Wei Bridge in Chang'an. He often begged in the market. The people in the market grew weary of him and splattered dung on him. Soon after, he was seen again with black-splattered clothes, but he was unstained as before. When the chief official learned of this, he tested him by binding him in fetters and manacles, yet he continued to beg in the market. When they tested him by attempting to kill him, he simply departed. The houses of the family members who had splattered him collapsed of their own accord, killing more than ten people. A popular ditty in Chang'an said: "When you see the begging child, give him fine wine, to avoid the calamity of ruined houses." See the Soushen ji.