法苑珠林 75.52

75.52

宋咸寧中。太常卿韓伯子某。會稽內史王蘊子某。光祿大夫劉耽子某。同游蔣山廟。廟有數婦人像甚端正。某等醉各指像以妻。匹配戲弄之。即以其夕。三人同夢。蔣侯遣傳教相聞曰。家子女並醜陋。而猥蒙榮顧。輒剋某月某日悉相迎。某等以其夢指適異常。試往相問。而果各得此夢。符協如一。於是大懼。備三牲詣廟謝罪乞哀。又俱夢蔣侯親來降。已曰。君等既以顧之實貪。令對剋期垂及。豈容方更中悔。經少時並亡（右此一驗出志怪傳）。

During the Xianning era of the Song, the son of Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices Han Bo, the son of Administrator of Kuaiji Wang Yun, and the son of Grandee of the Splendid Happiness Liu Dan were touring the shrine at Mount Jiang together. In the shrine were statues of several women that were extremely dignified and beautiful. In their drunkenness, each pointed to a statue to take as his wife, joking and jesting about the pairings. That very night, all three had the same dream: Lord Jiang sent a messenger to announce to them, saying, 'The girls of my household are quite plain and ugly, yet they have received your generous regard. I have therefore set a certain day of a certain month when all will be welcomed.' Since their dreams matched this extraordinary event, they sought out one another to ask, and indeed, each had experienced the identical dream, fitting together like a single seal. Thereupon, they were terrified, and they prepared three sacrificial animals and went to the shrine to apologize and plead for mercy. They again all dreamt that Lord Jiang came in person and said to them, 'Gentlemen, since you already extended your regard, I truly yearned for it. Now that the appointed time is at hand, how could there be room for regret in the middle of things?' Shortly thereafter, they all died. (This one verification is from the Zhiguai zhuan.)