[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) › 64.23 # 法苑珠林 64.23 法苑珠林 64.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [64.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.23) 宋阮稚宗者。河東人也。元嘉十六年隋鍾離太守阮愔在郡。愔使稚宗行至遠村。郡吏蓋苟邊定隨焉。行達民家。恍忽如眠。便不復寤。民以為死輿出外門方營殯具。經夕能言說。初有一百許人縛稚宗去。行數十里至一佛圖。僧眾供養不異於世。有一僧曰。汝好漁獵今應受報。便取稚宗皮剝臠截。具如治諸牲獸之法。復納于深水釣口出之。剖破解切若為。鱠狀。又鑊煮鑪炙。初悉糜爛。隨以還復。痛惱苦毒至三乃止。問欲活不。稚宗便叩頭請命。道人令其蹲地。以水灌之云。一灌除罪五百。稚宗苦求多灌。沙門曰。唯三足矣。見有蟻數頭。道人指曰。此雖微物亦不可殺。無論復巨此者也。魚肉自死。此可噉耳。齋會之日。悉著新衣無新可澣也。稚宗因問。我行旅有三。而獨嬰苦何也。道人曰。彼二人自知罪福。知而故犯。唯爾愚曚不識緣報。故以相誡。因爾便蘇。數日能起。由是遂斷漁獵云（右一驗出冥祥記）。 > Ruan Zhizong of the Song was a native of Hedong. In the sixteenth year of the Yuanjia reign, when Ruan Yin of Sui was Governor of Zhongli, Yin dispatched Zhizong to travel to a distant village, with commandery clerks Gai Gou and Bian Ding accompanying him. Arriving at a commoner's house, he became dazed as if asleep and did not wake again. The commoners, thinking he was dead, carried him outside the gate and were preparing funeral items. After a night passed, he was able to speak, saying: At first, about a hundred men bound Zhizong and took him away. Traveling several tens of li, they reached a Buddhist monastery (stūpa). The saṃgha and offerings were no different from the secular world. A monk said, "You were fond of fishing and hunting, and now you must receive your retribution." They then took Zhizong, flayed his skin, and sliced his flesh into pieces, exactly according to the method of preparing various sacrificial livestock and beasts. They further put him into deep water and hooked him by the mouth to draw him out, cutting and slicing him into mince. Furthermore, they boiled him in cauldrons and roasted him over braziers. At first, he was completely pulped, but immediately returned to his original state; the agonizing pain and bitter venom ceased only after three rounds. They asked whether he wished to live or not. Zhizong then kowtowed and begged for his life. A man of the Way ordered him to squat on the ground and poured water over him, saying, "A single pouring removes five hundred sins." Zhizong bitterly begged for more pourings. The śramaṇa said, "Three are quite enough." Seeing several ants, the man of the Way pointed and said, "Although these are tiny creatures, they must not be killed, not to mention anything larger than this. Meat and fish that die of themselves may be eaten. On the day of a vegetarian feast, wear only newly cleaned clothes; if there are no new ones, they can be washed." Zhizong then asked, "There were three of us on the journey; why am I alone afflicted with this suffering?" The man of the Way said, "Those two men know sin and merit for themselves; knowing it, they intentionally violate it. Only you were ignorant and did not understand karmic retribution; therefore, this was to admonish you." Thereupon he revived, and after several days was able to rise. From then on, he permanently gave up fishing and hunting. (The above case is from the Mingxiang ji.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 64.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.22) - [Next: 64.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.24) - [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.64.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.23) · Pramāṇa