[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 64.21 # 法苑珠林 64.21 法苑珠林 64.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [64.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.21) 續搜神記曰。吳末臨海人。入山射獵。為舍住。夜中有一人。長一丈。著黃衣白帶。來謂射人曰。我有讐剋明當戰。君可見助。當有相報。射人曰。自可助君耳。何用為別。答曰。明食時君可出溪邊。敵從北來。我南住。應白帶者我。黃帶者彼射人許之。明出果聞岸北有聲。狀如風雨。草木四靡。視南亦爾。唯見二大蛇長十餘丈。於溪中相遇便相盤繞。白映勢弱。射人因引弩射之。黃映者即死。日將暮。復見昨人。來辭謝云。住此一年獵。明年慎勿復來。來必為禍。射人曰善。還停一年獵。所獲甚多。家致巨富。數年後憶先山多肉忘前言。復更往獵。復見先白帶人。語之言。我語君勿復來。君不能見用。讐子已大。今必報君非我所知。射人聞之甚悑。便欲走。乃見三烏衣人。皆長八尺。俱張口向之。射人即死。 > The Xu soushen ji says: At the end of the Wu, a man of Linhai entered the mountains to hunt and built a hut to stay in. In the middle of the night, there was a man ten feet tall wearing yellow clothes and a white belt, who came and said to the hunter, "I have an enemy and am destined to fight tomorrow. If you can assist me, I will reward you." The hunter said, "Naturally I can help you, but how shall I distinguish between you?" He replied, "Tomorrow at mealtime, you can go out to the stream. The enemy will come from the north; I will be stationed in the south. The one with a white belt will be me; the one with a yellow belt will be him." The hunter agreed. Going out the next day, he indeed heard sounds on the northern bank like wind and rain, with the trees and grasses flattened in all directions. Looking to the south, it was the same. He saw only two great serpents over a hundred feet long, which met in the stream and coiled around each other. The white-gleaming one's momentum weakened. The hunter therefore drew his crossbow and shot it; the yellow-gleaming one immediately died. As day grew dusk, he saw the man from yesterday again, who came to express gratitude, saying, "Stay here and hunt for one year; next year, be cautious and do not return. If you return, disaster will surely befall you." The hunter said, "Very well." He stayed back and hunted for one year, obtaining very much game, and his family became exceedingly wealthy. Several years later, recalling that the former mountain had much game and forgetting his former words, he went hunting there again. He again saw the man with the white belt from before, who said to him, "I told you not to return, but you could not heed my advice. My enemy's sons have now grown up; today they will surely avenge him upon you, and it is beyond my power." Hearing this, the hunter was terrified and wished to flee. He then saw three men dressed in black, all eight feet tall, all opening their mouths toward him. The hunter immediately died. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 64.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.20) - [Next: 64.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.22) - [Up: 64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.64.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.21) · Pramāṇa