法苑珠林 67.53

67.53

晉永初二年。吳郡張縫家忽有一鬼云。汝分我食當相祐助。便與鬼食。舒席著地以飯布席。上肉酒五肴如是鬼得便不復犯暴人。後為作食。因以刀斫其所食處。便聞數十人哭。哭亦甚悲。云死何由得棺材。又聞主人家有梓船。奴甚愛惜。當取以為棺。見擔船至。有斧鋸聲。治船既竟。聞呼喚舉屍著船中。縫眼不見唯聞處分。不聞下釘聲。便見船漸漸昇空入雲霄中。久久滅從空中落船破成百片。便聞如有數百人。大笑云。汝那能殺我。我當為汝所困者耶。但知惡心。我憎汝狀。故排船壞耳（右二驗出幽明錄也）。

In the second year of the Yongchu reign of the Jin, a ghost suddenly appeared in the household of Zhang Feng of Wu Commandery and said, 'If you share your food with me, I will assist and protect you.' [Zhang] then gave food to the ghost: he spread a mat on the ground, laid out cooked rice upon the mat, and placed meat, wine, and the five delicacies upon it. In this way, having obtained [the food], the ghost no longer violently troubled people. Later, when food was made for it, [Zhang] struck the place where it ate with a knife. He then heard several tens of people weeping, and their weeping was exceedingly mournful, saying, 'Now that we are dead, from where can we obtain a coffin?' He also heard [them say], 'The master's household has a catalpa boat that the slave treasures dearly; we should take it to serve as a coffin.' They saw the boat being carried in, and there was the sound of axes and saws. After the work on the boat was finished, they heard shouting to lift the corpse and place it into the boat. Feng's eyes could see nothing; he only heard the instructions being given, but did not hear the sound of driving nails. Then they saw the boat gradually ascend into the sky, entering into the clouds. After a long while, it vanished, and then fell from the sky; the boat was smashed into a hundred pieces. Then they heard what sounded like several hundred people laughing loudly, saying, 'How could you kill me? Am I one to be trapped by you? You only know malice; I detest your look, so I pushed the boat and smashed it!' (The two evidential accounts above are from the Youming lu.)