[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) › 73.45 # 法苑珠林 73.45 法苑珠林 73.45 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [73.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.73.45) 唐魏州武強人齊士望。貞觀二十一年死。經七日而蘇。自云。初死之後被引見王。即付曹司別遣勘當。經四五日勘簿云。與合死者同姓字。然未合即死。判官語士望曰。汝生平好燒雞子。宜受罪而歸。即命人送其出門。去曹司一二里。即見一城。聞城中有鼓吹之聲。士望欣然趨走而入。既入之後城門已閉。其中更無屋宇。遍地皆是熱灰。士望周章不知所計。燒灼其足殊常痛苦。士望四顧城門並開。及走向門其扉既掩。凡經一日。有人命門者曰。開門放昨日罪人出。既出。即命人送歸。使者辭以路遙。遷延不送之。始求以錢絹。士望許諾。遂經歷川塗踐履荊棘。行至一處。有如環堵。其中有坑深黑。士望懼之。使者推之。遂入坑內。不覺漸蘇。尋乃造紙錢等待焉。使者依期還到。士望妻亦同見之。 > In the Tang dynasty, Qi Shiwang of Wuqiang in Weizhou died in the twenty-first year of the Zhenguan era and revived after seven days. He recounted: After dying, he was led to see the King, who immediately turned him over to a bureau to be separately investigated. After four or five days, the registry of investigation stated that he had the same surname and personal name as the one meant to die, but was not yet meant to die immediately. The judge said to Shiwang: 'In your lifetime you were fond of roasting eggs; you must suffer punishment before returning.' He then ordered someone to escort him out the gate. One or two li from the bureau, he saw a city and heard the sound of music from within it. Delighted, Shiwang hurried inside. After he entered, the city gates closed; inside there were no buildings whatsoever, and the ground was entirely covered with burning ash. Shiwang was in panic and at a loss for what to do, his feet scorched in extraordinary pain. Shiwang looked around and saw all the city gates were open, but whenever he ran toward a gate, its doors shut. After a full day, someone commanded the gatekeeper: 'Open the gate and let yesterday's sinner out.' Once he was out, someone was ordered to escort him home. The emissary made excuses that the journey was long and delayed without escorting him, first demanding money and silk. Shiwang promised \[to provide them\]. They then passed through valleys and roads, treading on brambles and thorns, until they reached a place that looked like a circular wall, in the middle of which was a deep, dark pit. Shiwang was terrified of it, but the emissary pushed him, and he fell into the pit, whereupon he gradually revived without realizing it. Soon he made paper money and waited for him; the emissary returned right on time, and Shiwang's wife saw him as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 73.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.73.44) - [Next: 73.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.73.46) - [Up: 73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.73) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.73.45) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.73.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.73.45) · Pramāṇa