[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) › 78.49 # 法苑珠林 78.49 法苑珠林 78.49 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [78.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.49) 梁秣陵令朱貞。以罪下獄。廷尉平虞\[耑\*(犮-乂+又)\]考覈其事。結正入重。貞遣相聞與\[耑\*(犮-乂+又)\]曰。我罪當死。不敢祈恩。但猶冀主上萬一弘宥耳。明日既是朱家墓日乞得過此奏聞可爾以不。\[耑\*(犮-乂+又)\]答云。此於理無爽。何為不然。謹聞命矣。而朱事先入明日奏束。\[耑\*(犮-乂+又)\]便遇客共飲致醉。遂忘抽出文書。且曰。家人合束內衣箱中。\[耑\*(犮-乂+又)\]復不記。比至帝前頓足香橙上。次第披之方見此事。勢不可隱。便爾上聞。武帝大怒曰。朱貞合死。付外詳決。貞聞之大恨曰。虞\[耑\*(犮-乂+又)\]小子欺网將死之人。鬼若無知故同灰土。儻其有識誓必報之。貞於市始當命絕。而\[耑\*(犮-乂+又)\]已見其來。自爾後時常見𮋟見來甚惡之。又夢乘車在山下。貞居山上推石壓之。月餘日𮋟除曲阿令。拜之明日詣謝章門闕下。其婦平常於宅暴卒。𮋟狼狽而還。入室哭婦。舉頭見貞在梁上。𮋟曰。朱秣陵在此。我婦豈得不死。言未訖而屋無故忽崩。𮋟及男女婢使十餘人一時併命。右丞虞騭是其宗親。經始喪事。見𮋟還暫下堂避之。僅得免難。 > Zhu Zhen, Magistrate of Moling in the Liang, was imprisoned on charges of an offense. Yu Zhuan, an Assistant of the Court of Judicature and Revision, investigated the case and convicted him of a capital crime. Zhen sent a message to Zhuan, saying: 'My crime warrants death, and I dare not beg for mercy. However, I still hope the sovereign might, by some rare chance, grant a pardon. Tomorrow is the anniversary of my father's death; I beg that you delay submitting the memorial until this day has passed—would that be possible?' Zhuan replied: 'This is not unreasonable; why should it not be so? I have respectfully noted your request.' However, Zhu's case had already been placed in the bundle of memorials for the following day. Zhuan then met with guests, drank with them, and became drunk, completely forgetting to extract the document. Moreover, his servants tied up the bundle and placed it inside a clothing box, and Zhuan forgot about it again. When he arrived before the emperor, he bowed his feet on the fragrant stool and began unrolling the scrolls in order; only then did he see this case. The situation made it impossible to conceal, so he submitted it as it was. Emperor Wu was furious and said: 'Zhu Zhen deserves to die. Hand him over to the external authorities to carry out the sentence.' Hearing this, Zhen harboured deep resentment, saying: 'That knave Yu Zhuan has deceived a man about to die. If ghosts have no consciousness, then I shall merely be like dust and ash; but if they do possess awareness, I swear I shall take revenge on him!' Just as Zhen was about to breathe his last in the marketplace, Zhuan already saw him coming. From then on, Zhuan constantly saw Zhen coming, which caused him great distress. He also dreamed that he was riding in a carriage below a mountain, and Zhen was atop the mountain pushing boulders to crush him. More than a month later, Zhuan was appointed Magistrate of Qu'a. On the day after he paid his respects, he went to offer thanks at the palace gate. Meanwhile, his wife suddenly died at home without warning. Zhuan hurried back in confusion and entered the chamber to weep for his wife. Raising his head, he saw Zhen upon the roof beam. Zhuan said: 'Magistrate Zhu of Moling is here! How could my wife have avoided death?' Before his words were finished, the house suddenly collapsed without cause. Zhuan, along with more than ten men, women, and maidservants, all perished at once. Yu Zhi, Assistant Director of the Right, was his kinsman; he had been managing the funeral affairs, but upon seeing Zhuan return, he had stepped down from the hall for a moment to avoid him, and thus narrowly escaped disaster. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 78.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.48) - [Next: 78.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.50) - [Up: 78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.78.49) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.49) · Pramāṇa