[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) › 64.31 # 法苑珠林 64.31 法苑珠林 64.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [64.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.31) 唐隴西李知禮。少趫捷。善弓射。能騎乘兼攻放彈。所殺甚多。有時罩魚不可勝數。貞觀十九年微患。三四日即死乃見一鬼。并牽馬一匹。大於俗間所乘之馬。謂知禮曰。閻羅王追公。乃令知禮乘馬。須臾之間。忽至王前。王約束云。遣汝討賊。必不得敗。敗即殺汝。有同侶二十四人。向東北望。賊不見邊際。天地盡昏。埃下如雨。知禮等敗。語同行曰。王教嚴重。寧向前死不可敗歸。知禮迴馬前射三箭。以後諸賊似稍却縮。數滿五發賊遂敗散。事畢謁王。王責知禮。汝敵雖退何為初戰之時即敗。以麻辮髮。并縛手足。臥在石上。以大石鎮而用磨之。前後四人體並潰爛。次到知禮勵聲叫曰。向者賊敗。並是知禮之力。還被王殺。無以勵後。王遂釋放更無囑著。恣意游行。凡經三日。向於西北出行入一牆院。禽獸一群可滿三畝餘地。總來索命漸相逼近。曾射殺一雌犬。直向前嚙其面。次及身體無不被傷。見三大鬼。各長一丈五尺。圍亦如之。共剝知禮皮肉。須臾總盡。唯面及目白骨。兼見五藏。及以此肉分乞禽獸。其肉落而復生。生而復剝。如此三日。苦毒之甚不可勝記。事畢大鬼及禽獸等。忽然總失。知禮迴顧不見一物。遂即踰牆南走。莫知所之。意中似如一跳千里。復見一鬼逐及知禮。乃以鐵籠罩之。有無數魚競來唼食。良久。鬼遂到迴。魚亦不見。其家舊供養一僧。其僧先死。來與知禮去籠。語知禮云。檀越大飢。授之三丸白物如棗。令禮噉之。時便大飽。而語之曰。檀越還家僧亦別去。禮到所居宅北見一大坑。其中有諸槍矟攢植不可得過。見其兄女并婢齎箱。并有錢絹及一器飲食在坑東北。知禮心中將此婢及以姪女游戲意甚怪之。迴首北望即見一鬼。挺劍直進。知禮惶懼委身投坑。即得蘇也。自從初死至於重生。凡經六日。後問家中。乃是姪女持紙錢絹。解送知禮。當時所視。乃見銅錢絲絹也（右三驗出冥報記）。 > During the Tang dynasty, Li Zhili of Longxi was agile in his youth, skilled in archery, capable in horsemanship, and also adept at shooting pellet-bows, killing a great deal. Sometimes he trapped fish in numbers beyond reckoning. In the nineteenth year of the Zhenguan era, he fell slightly ill, and died in three or four days. He then saw a ghost leading a horse that was larger than horses ridden in the mundane world, who said to Zhili, 'King Yama summons you.' He then had Zhili mount the horse. In an instant, they suddenly arrived before the King. The King gave strict orders, saying, 'I dispatch you to subjugate the rebels; you must under no circumstances be defeated. If you are defeated, I will put you to death.' There were twenty-four companions. Looking toward the northeast, the rebels were without boundary; heaven and earth were completely darkened, and dust fell like rain. Zhili and the others were routed. He spoke to his companions, saying, 'The King's order is grave and severe; we would rather die advancing than return in defeat.' Zhili turned his horse around and advanced, shooting three arrows, after which the rebels seemed to shrink back slightly. When he completed five shots, the rebels finally dispersed in defeat. The affair concluded, he went to have an audience with the King. The King reproached Zhili, 'Although your enemy retreated, why were you defeated at the outset of battle?' With hemp he braided his hair, bound his hands and feet, laid him down upon a stone, weighed him down with a large millstone, and ground him. The four men before and after him were all crushed and lacerated in body. When it came to Zhili's turn, he shouted in a strained voice, 'That the rebels were defeated earlier was entirely due to Zhili's strength! If I am still killed by the King, there will be no way to encourage those who come after.' The King thereupon released him, giving no further orders, and let him wander at will. After a total of three days had passed, he set out toward the northwest and entered a walled compound. There was a pack of birds and beasts that could fill more than three mu of land; all came to demand his life, gradually closing in on him. He had once shot and killed a female dog, which ran straight forward and bit his face, and then his body, leaving nothing uninjured. He saw three great ghosts, each fifteen feet tall and of the same girth, who jointly stripped Zhili's skin and flesh. In an instant it was entirely gone, leaving only white bones for his face and eyes, with his five internal organs also visible. They then distributed this flesh to the birds and beasts. His flesh fell away and grew back; as soon as it grew, it was stripped again. Like this for three days, the bitter agony was so extreme it could not be fully recorded. When this was over, the great ghosts, birds, and beasts suddenly vanished entirely. Zhili looked back and saw not a single thing, so he leaped over the wall and fled south, not knowing where he was going. In his mind, it seemed as if one leap covered a thousand li. He again saw a ghost catch up with Zhili, who covered him with an iron cage. Innumerable fish vied to peck and feed upon him. After a long while, the ghost finally turned back, and the fish also disappeared. His family had formerly supported a monk, who had died earlier; this monk came, removed the cage from Zhili, and said to Zhili, 'Danapati, you are exceedingly hungry.' He handed him three white pills shaped like jujubes and told Zhili to eat them. At that moment he was completely sated, and \[the monk\] said to him, 'Danapati, return home; I too will take my leave.' When Zhili reached the north of his residence, he saw a great pit inside of which various spears and lances were densely planted, so that he could not cross. He saw his elder brother's daughter along with a maidservant carrying a box, with coins, silk, and a vessel of food and drink to the northeast of the pit. In his heart, Zhili thought that this maidservant and his niece were playing, and found it very strange. Turning his head to look north, he immediately saw a ghost advancing straight ahead brandishing a sword. Zhili was terrified, threw his body down into the pit, and immediately revived. From his initial death until his rebirth, a total of six days had passed. Later he asked his household, and learned that his niece had taken paper money and silk to send off Zhili; what he had seen at that time appeared as bronze coins and silk fabric (the above three verifications are taken from the Mingbao ji). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 64.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.30) - [Next: 64.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.32) - [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.64.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.31) · Pramāṇa