[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) › 78.50 # 法苑珠林 78.50 法苑珠林 78.50 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [78.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.50) 梁廬陵王在荊州時。嘗遣從事量括民田。南陽樂蓋卿亦充一使。時公府舍人韋破虜。發遣誡勅。失王本意。及蓋卿還以違誤得罪。破虜惶懼不敢引愆。但誑蓋卿云。自為分雪無勞訴也。數日之間遂斬於市。蓋卿號噭無由自陳。告語家人。以紙筆隨斂。死後少日破虜在槽上看牛。忽見蓋卿挈頭而入。持一椀䔉虀與破虜。破虜奔走驚呼。不獲已而服之。因此得病未幾而死。又杜嶷梁州刺史懷瑤第二子也。任西荊州刺史。性甚豪忌。新納一妾。年貌兼美。寵愛殊深。妾得其父書云。比日困苦欲有求告。妾倚簾讀之。嶷外還。而妾自以新來。羞以此事聞嶷。因嚼吞之。嶷謂是情人所寄。遂令剖腹取書。妾氣未斷而書已出。嶷看訖歎曰。吾不自意怱怱如此。傷天下和氣其能久乎。其夜見妾訴。嶷旬日而死。襄陽人至今以為口實。 > When Prince of Luling of the Liang was in Jingzhou, he once dispatched an attendant clerk to survey and register the people's lands. Le Gaiqing of Nanyang was also sent on this mission. At that time, Wei Polu, a director of the princely mansion, issued the admonitions and instructions, but deviated from the prince's original intent. When Gaiqing returned, he was accused of an offense due to the discrepancies and errors. Terrified, Polu did not dare acknowledge his blame; he merely deceived Gaiqing, saying, 'I will clear your name myself; there is no need for you to appeal.' Within a few days, \[Gaiqing\] was beheaded in the marketplace. Gaiqing wailed and cried out, having no way to plead his case, and instructed his family to bury paper and ink-brush with him in the shroud. A few days after his death, Polu was at the livestock trough looking at the cattle when he suddenly saw Gaiqing enter carrying his own head, holding out a bowl of pickled garlic greens to Polu. Polu ran about shouting in fright, but having no choice, he ingested it. Because of this he fell ill, and died before long. Furthermore, Du Yi was the second son of Du Huaiyao, Regional Inspector of Liangzhou, and served as Regional Inspector of Western Jingzhou. By nature, he was extremely arrogant and suspicious. He had newly taken a concubine who possessed both youth and beauty, and he doted on her with extraordinary fondness. The concubine received a letter from her father saying, 'Lately I am in destitution and wish to make a request of you.' She was leaning against the curtain reading it when Yi returned from outside. Feeling ashamed to let Yi know about this matter since she was newly arrived, she chewed and swallowed it. Yi thought it had been sent by a lover, and thereupon ordered her belly cut open to retrieve the letter. Before the concubine had breathed her last, the letter was already pulled out. After reading it, Yi sighed, saying, 'I never imagined I would be so rash! Having damaged the cosmic harmony of the world, how could I long endure?' That night, he saw the concubine pleading her case \[against him\], and Yi died within ten days. To this day, the people of Xiangyang speak of this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 78.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.49) - [Next: 78.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.51) - [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.78.50) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.50) · Pramāṇa