法苑珠林 76.53

76.53

唐咸陽有婦女。姓梁。貞觀年中死經七日而蘇。自云。被人收將至一大院內。見有大廳。有一官人。據案執筆。翼侍甚盛。令人勘問云。此婦女合死以不。有人更齎一案勘云。與合死者同姓名。所以追耳。官人勅左右即欲放還。梁白官人云。不知梁更別有何罪。請即受罪而歸。官人即令勘案云。梁生平唯有兩舌惡罵之罪。更無餘罪。即令一人拔舌一人執斧斫之。日常數四。凡經七日。始送令歸。初似落深崖。少時如睡而覺。家人視其舌上。猶大爛腫。從此已後永斷酒肉。至今猶存（出冥報拾遺記）。

In Xianyang during the Tang, there was a woman named Liang. In the Zhenguan era, she died and revived after seven days. She recounted that she had been seized and brought into a large compound, where she saw a great hall with an official seated at a desk holding a brush, with a grand array of attendants. He ordered someone to interrogate her, saying: 'Should this woman die or not?' Someone else presented another dossier and examined it, saying: 'She shares the same surname and personal name as the one who ought to die, which is why she was summoned.' The official instructed his attendants to release her and send her back. Liang said to the official: 'I do not know whether Liang has any other sins; I request to receive my punishment before returning.' The official immediately ordered the records examined, which said: 'During her lifetime, Liang had only the sin of malicious speech and evil cursing, and no other sins.' He then ordered one person to pull out her tongue and another holding an axe to chop it, several times a day. After a full seven days had passed, they finally sent her back. At first it felt like falling off a deep cliff; after a short while, it was as if she woke from sleep. When her family members looked at her tongue, it was still severely rotten and swollen. From that time on, she perpetually severed meat and wine, and is still alive today (from the Supplemented Record of Retribution in the Netherworld).