法苑珠林 62.50

62.50

晉巴丘縣有巫師舒禮。晉永昌元年病死。土地神將送詣太山。俗人謂巫師為道路人。過福舍門前。土地神問吏。此是何等舍。門吏曰。道人舍。土地神曰。是人亦是道人。便以相付禮入門。見數千間瓦屋。皆懸竹簾。自然床榻男女異處。有誦經者。唄偈者。自然飲食者快樂不可言。禮文書名已至太山門。而又身不至到。推土地神。神云。道見數千間瓦屋。即問吏言。是道人即以付之。於是遣神更錄取禮觀未遍。見有一人八手四眼捉金杵逐欲撞之。便悑走還出門。神已在門迎。捉送太山。太山府君問禮。卿在世間皆何所為。禮曰。事三萬六千神。為人解除祠祀。或殺牛犢猪羊鷄鴨。府君曰。汝罪應上熱𨫼。使吏牽著𨫼所。見一物牛頭人身。捉鐵叉。叉禮著𨫼上。宛轉身體焦爛。求死不得。已經一宿二日。府君問主者。禮壽命應盡。為頓奪其命。校錄籍餘算八年。府君曰。錄來。牛頭人復以鐵叉叉著𨫼邊。府君曰。今遣卿歸終畢餘算。勿復殺生淫祀。禮忽還活。遂不復作巫師（右一驗出幽冥記）。

In Baqiu County during the Jin, there was a spirit-medium named Shu Li. In the first year of the Yongchang reign of the Jin, he died of illness. The local earth deity was escorting him to Mount Tai. The common folk called spirit-mediums 'people of the road'. Passing before the gate of a lodge of merit, the earth deity asked the gate official, 'What kind of lodge is this?' The gate official said, 'It is the lodge of people of the Way (daoren).' The earth deity said, 'This person is also a man of the Way,' and so handed him over. Li entered the gate and saw thousands of tiled rooms, all hanging with bamboo curtains, with spontaneous couches and beds, men and women in separate quarters. There were those chanting sūtras, those singing hymns (pāṭha) and verses, and those enjoying spontaneous food and drink; their joy was unspeakable. Li's clerical documents and name had already arrived at the gate of Mount Tai, yet his person had not arrived. They investigated the earth deity, who said, 'On the road I saw thousands of tiled rooms, and asking the official, he said it was for men of the Way, so I handed him over.' Thereupon deities were dispatched to arrest him again. Before Li had finished looking around, he saw a person with eight hands and four eyes holding a golden pestle, chasing him and wishing to strike him down. Terrified, he ran out the gate, where the deities were already at the gate to receive him, arresting him and sending him to Mount Tai. The Lord of Mount Tai asked Li, 'What did you do during your life in the human world?' Li said, 'I served thirty-six thousand spirits, performing exorcisms and sacrifices for people, sometimes killing calves, pigs, sheep, chickens, and ducks.' The Lord of Mount Tai said, 'Your offenses warrant being placed upon the hot griddle.' He had an official drag him to the place of the griddle. He saw a creature with an ox head and a human body holding an iron fork; it forked Li onto the griddle, where his body tossed and turned, scorched and rotten, seeking death but unable to die. A night and two days had already passed. The Lord of Mount Tai asked the superintendent, 'Is Li's lifespan supposed to be exhausted, or has his life been cut short all at once?' They checked the registers and found an excess life expectancy of eight years. The Lord of Mount Tai said, 'Bring him here.' The ox-headed creature again forked him with the iron fork and placed him beside the griddle. The Lord of Mount Tai said, 'Now I send you back to live out your remaining span. Do not kill living beings or perform licentious sacrifices any more.' Li suddenly came back to life, and thereupon no longer acted as a spirit-medium (this one verification is from the Youming ji).