法苑珠林 75.36

75.36

又舊譬喻經云。昔有四姓。藏婦不使人見。婦值青衣人。作地突與琢銀兒私通。夫後覺婦。婦言。我生不邪行。卿莫妄語。夫言。吾不信汝。當將汝至神樹所立誓。婦言。甚佳。夫持齋七日。始入齋室。婦密語琢銀兒。汝詐作狂亂頭。於市逢人抱持。牽引棄之。夫齋竟便將婦出。婦言。我不見市。卿將我過市。琢銀兒便來抱持。詐狂臥地。婦便號呼其夫。何為使人抱持我耶。夫言。此是狂人。何須記錄。夫婦俱到神所叩頭言。我生來不作惡。但為狂人所抱。婦便得活。夫默然而慚。佛言。當知一切女人姦詐如是。不可信也。

Furthermore, the Old Sūtra of Parables states: In the past, a man of the four castes hid his wife so that no one could see her. The wife met a servant dressed in green, dug a subterranean passage, and engaged in illicit relations with a silversmith boy. Later, the husband discovered his wife. The wife said: 'All my life I have never engaged in misconduct; do not speak falsely!' The husband said: 'I do not believe you. I shall take you to the sacred tree to take an oath.' The wife said: 'Very well.' The husband observed a fast for seven days. As he entered the fasting chamber, the wife secretly told the silversmith boy: 'You should pretend to be mad with disheveled hair; in the marketplace, when you meet people, embrace them, drag them along, and cast them aside.' When the husband finished the fast, he led his wife out. The wife said: 'I have never seen the marketplace; take me through the marketplace.' The silversmith boy then came, embraced her, feigned madness, and lay on the ground. The wife then cried out to her husband: 'Why do you let someone embrace me?' The husband said: 'This is a madman; why take note of him?' Husband and wife both went to the sacred site and kowtowed, [the wife] saying: 'All my life I have done no evil, except for being embraced by a madman.' The wife then escaped harm, and the husband fell silent in shame. The Buddha said: 'You should know that the deceitfulness of all women is like this; they cannot be trusted.'