法苑珠林 62.81

62.81

漢周亞夫。絳侯勃之次子也。初許負相之曰。君三年而侯。五年而相。其貴無上。然卒以餓死。亞夫曰。嘻吾何緣如此。若既大貴。又何故餓死。負曰不然。從理入口餓死法也。後三年絳侯世子有罪黜。而亞夫襲侯。及破吳楚有大功為丞相。以忠諫彊直數犯景帝意。下獄卒以餓死（右二人出漢書）。

Zhou Yafu of the Han was the second son of Bo, Marquis of Jiang. Earlier, Xu Fu read his fortune and said, 'In three years you will become a marquis. In five years you will become Chancellor. Your nobility will be unsurpassed. Yet in the end, you will die of starvation.' Yafu said, 'Ah, how could this be? If I am already so exalted, why should I die of starvation?' Fu said, 'Not so. The vertical lines run into your mouth; this is the mark of starving to death.' Three years later, the heir of the Marquis of Jiang committed an offense and was degraded, and Yafu inherited the marquisate. When he defeated Wu and Chu, he rendered great service and became Chancellor. Because of his loyal remonstrances and upright stiffness, he repeatedly offended Emperor Jing's intentions. He was cast into prison and in the end died of starvation. (The two persons above are from the Book of Han.)