法苑珠林 57.81

57.81

漢中平三年八月。懷陵上有萬餘雀。先極悲鳴已因亂鬪相殺。皆斷頭懸著樹枝枳棘。到六年靈帝崩。夫陵者高大之象也。雀者爵也。天誡若曰。懷爵祿而尊厚者。自還相害至滅亡也（右二驗出搜神記）。

In the eighth month of the third year of the Zhongping era of the Han, atop Huai Tomb there were more than ten thousand sparrows. First they cried most sorrowfully, and then fell into chaotic fighting and killed one another, their heads severed and hanging on tree branches and thorny brambles. By the sixth year, Emperor Ling died. Now, a tomb is an image of the lofty and grand; 'sparrow' (que) puns with 'nobility' (jue). Heaven's warning was as if to say: those who harbor noble emoluments and are honored and wealthy will turn back and harm one another, even unto ruin and death. (The above two verifications come from the Soushen ji.)